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COPYRIGHT  1912  BY 

CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A. 


SPECIAL  NOTICE 

WE  believe  that  every  earnest  poultry 
raiser,  man  or  woman,  who  means 
business  will  wish  to  retain  this 
Cyphers  Company  Catalogue — our  Sixteenth 
Annual — for  future  reference.  We  have 
tried  to  make  it  more  valuable,  more  helpful 
than  any  of  its  predecessors.  In  its  pages 
will  be  found  described  the  complete  line  of 
poultry  goods  manufactured  by  us,  with 
prices  of  single  articles  and  in  quantities. 
Goods  dealt  in  by  us,  like  poultry  netting, 
roofing  paper,  bone  cutters,  grit,  oyster 
shells,  etc.,  are  also  described  and  priced. 


SEE  COMPLETE  INDEX,  LAST  PAGE 


CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY 


(Incorporated — Capital  Stock  $400,000) 


HOME    OFFICES    AND    FACTORY,   Court  and  Fourth  Streets, 


Officers: 

GRANT  M.  CURTIS,  President. 
WM.  A.  TRUE,  Vice-President. 
GEORGE  H.  GILLIES,  Secretary. 
CHAS.  W.  PRYOR,  Treasurer. 
A,  E.  HOLZBORN,  Assistant-Treasurer. 


BUFFALO,  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A. 


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GRANT  M.  CURTIS. 
WM.  A.  TRUE. 
GEORGE  H.  GILLIES. 
C.  A.  DAMON. 
CHAS.  W.  PRYOR. 


Factory  and  Lumber  Yards  of  Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  USA 

of  picture  and  27,000  square  feet  in  building  to  left       Total  floor  =ipace    237  i 
teres  of  manufacturing  and  warehouse  space  exclusive  of  branches 


American  Branch  Houses  and  Salesrooms : 

23  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY,   N.   Y.  12-U  Canal  Street,   BOSTON,  MASS. 

340-342  North  Clark  Street,  CHICAGO,   ILL.         .  317-319  Southwest  Boulevard,   KANSAS  CITY,  MO. 

1569-1571  Broadway,  OAKLAND,  CAL. 


European  Office  and  Salesrooms  : 

121-123  Finsbiiry  Pavement,         -         -         LONDON,   ENGLAND 

Agencies  and    Distributing   Depots  in  the   Principal    Cities  of   Europe,    Australia,    New   Zealand,    South   Africa, 

Hawaii,  Japan,   Canada,  Mexico,  Cuba,  and  Central  and  South  America. 


OF  B UFFALO.  NY.  US  A. 

MANUFACTURERS    OF 


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INCUBATORS 

(Fire-Proofed — Insurable) 
Oil  Heated  Gas  Heated  Electric  Heated  Goal  Heated 

BROODERS 

(Fire-Proofed — Insurable) 
M        Indoor  and  Outdoor,  Single  and  Sectional,  With  Heat  and  Without,  Adaptable   Hovers 

POULTRY  FOODS 

(Sealed  Bag  Brands) 

Chick,  Developing,  Fattening,  Laying,  Scratching,  Growing,  Fertile  Egg,  Pigeon, 

and  Beef  Scrap;  also  Short-Cut  and  Mealed  Alfalfa 

POULTRY  SUPPLIES 

Colony  Houses,  Brooding  and  Shipping  Coops,  Egg  Testers,  Cabinets,  Cases  and  Boxes, 

Roofing  Papers,  Wire  Nests  and  Fencing,  Food  Hoppers,  Grit  Boxes,  Water 

Fountains,  Chick  Markers,  Caponizing  Sets,  Spray  Pumps,  Etc.,  Etc. 

LABORATORY  PRODUCTS 

Granulated  Charcoal,  Lice  Powder  and  Paint,  Anti-Lice  Nest  Eggs,  Fumigating  Candles, 

Napcreol  Disinfectant,  Chick  Ointment,  Roup  Cure,  Complete 

Medical  and  Surgical  Cases,  Etc.,  Etc. 

PROPRIETORS  OF 

Cyphers  Company  $50,000  Commercial  and  Demonstration  Poultry  Farm 

PUBLISHERS   OF 

Cyphers  Library  of  Practical  Poultry  Books 


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SIXTEENTH  ANNUAL  CATALOGUE 

PUBLISHED   BY 

CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY 

__    ^  _BUFFALO,NY,U.S.A. 


A  Personal  ME^ssAGE 
To  You,  Reader 


FROM  THE  PRESIDENT  OF 

CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY 


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"EAR  after  year  we  have  aimed  to  make  our  complete 
catalogue  a  book  of  genuine,  practical,  down-to-the-minute 
value  to  all  persoiis  who  are  interested  in  the  subject  of 
poultry  and  egg  production  for  profit — to  every  man  and  woman  who 
has  the  desire  to  make  money  in  any  branch  of  the  poultry  industry. 
And  this  year  we  have  gone  farther  in  that  direction  than  ever  before.  This  year  we 
have  produced  a  book  that  should  be  read  and  kept  and  studied — a  book  that,  if  accepted  as  a 
guide,  cannot  fail  to  result  in  many  more  dollars  made  and  saved  by  the  small-scale  poultry 
keeper,  and  that  points  the  way  to  fortune  for  men  who  are  adapted  to  the  work,  who  are  in  a 
position  to  start  right  and  push  ahead — for  men  who  will  give  their  whole  time  and  best  thought 
to  the  poultry  business. 

To  Help  Our  This  book  also  is  our  annual  good-will  greeting  to  a  constantly  increasing 
Customers:  number  of  valued  customers.  In  these  pages  are  to  be  found  many  facts — 
many  reliable,  helpful  suggestions  which  we  ask  you  to  accept  and  profit  by, 
with  the  compliments  of  Cyphers  Incubator  Company.  We  work  for  our  customers — present 
and  future.  That  is  what  we  are  in  business  for,  plus  success  for  ourselves.  But  we  hold 
firmly  to  this  view : — That  on  the  success,  the  actual,  expanding,  profit-making  success  of  our 
customers,  depends  our  success.  And  there  is  no  other  sensible  way  to  look  at  it — no  other 
proper  foundation  on  which  to  develop  a  great  manufacturing  and  mercantile  business. 

It  has  been  upon  exactly  this  basis  that  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  has  built  the  largest 
incubator,  brooder  and  poultry  supply  business  in  the  world — a  business  which  for  the  season 
of  1910-1911  passed  the  million  dollar  mark  in  sales,  in  actual  shipments.  In  other  words, 
our  success  has  been  such  that  we  know  we  are  on  the  right  track.  Therefore,  it  is  but  natural 
that  we  should  keep  straight  on,  endeavoring  each  year  to  be  of  still  greater  help  to  our 
customers  in  every  business-like  way. 

Worth  Tens  and  As  an  example,  this  Year  Book  for  1912  fairly  merits  the  name, 

Hundreds  of  Dollars:  "Poultry  Growers'  Guide."  It  contains  many  highly  valuable  ideas 
and  suggestions — and  we  want  every  reader  of  this  catalogue  to 
use  them,  to  benefit  by  them.  Facts  are  given  and  methods  are  explained  in  these  pages  that 
should  be  worth  tens  of  dollars  and  hundreds  of  dollars  to  you,  Reader,  depending  on  the 
scale  upon  which  you  are  to  operate.  And  much  of  our  work  and  expenditure  will  have  been 
wasted  if  you  do  not  make  icse  of  this  information. 

We  desire  to  have  every  Cyphers  Company  customer,  present  and  future,  obtain  and 
preserve  a  copy  of  each  one  of  our  annual  catalogues,  so  long  as  he  or  she  continues  to  produce 
and  sell  eggs  and  poultry — because  of  the  great  practical  value  of  these  books— because 
by  this  means  we  are  able  to  place  in  your  hands  a  large  amount  of  latest  poultry  facts 
and  suggestions  that  will  result  in  larger  earnings,  in  greater  personal  success  for  you  in  your 
poultry  work. 


A  PERSONAL  MESSAGE   FROM   THE  PRESlDEiNT  OF  CYPHERS  COMPANY 

FOR  TWELVE  YEARS,  under  the  same  management,  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  has 
been  going  steadily  ahead,  laying  a  broader  foundation,  getting  into  better  and  better  shape  to 
serve,  to  benefit  its  customers  in  all  parts  of  the  civilized  world. 

A  competent,  experienced  organization — the  right  men  for  the  work. 

Strictly  standard  goods — the  best  article  in  every  case  for  the  use  to  which  it  is  to  be  put. 

Sound,  reliable  advice,  based  on  facts,  on  first-hand  knowledge,  on  actual  demonstration. 

A  large  and  modernly  equipped  poultry  farm  on  which  to  test,  develop  and  originate 
practical  ideas — profitable  methods. 

Unexcelled  factory  facilities,  with  the  latest  machinery  for  turning  out  mechanically 
perfect  goods,  made  of  high-class  materials  by  long-experienced,  skillful  workmen. 

That,  in  brief,  is  the  story  of  Cyphers  Company  progress — is  the  secret  of  Cyphers 
Company  success. 

And  We  Prove         This  was  why  we  bought,  years  ago,  a  fifty-acre  tract  of  land  in  the  suburbs 
What  We  Teach:   '^^   Buffalo,    N.   Y.,   and   laid   out  a  poultry   plant  which,   up   to   the 
present  time,  December  1,  1911,  represents  an  expenditure  of  more  than 
$1,000.00  per  acre— more  than  $50,000.00  in  cash. 

And  it  has  been  a  good  investment — the  best  one,  as  we  believe,  that  this  Company  has  made. 

Here  was  "born"  and  perfected  the  Cyphers  Mammoth  Incubator  and  the  Cyphers 
Company  cradle-back,    hygienic    hot-water   brooding   system. 

Here  was  developed  the  Cyphers  Company's  fire-proof,  self-regulating  Adaptable  Hover 
— by  far  the  most  satisfactory  individual  brooding  device  ever  invented  for  raising  chickens  by 
artificial  means. 

Here  the  finishing  touches  were  added  to  the  Genuine  Cyphers  Incubators — making 
them  automatic,  certain  in  results,  fire-proof,  insurable  everywhere — positively  "the  world's 
standard"  hatching  machines. 

Here  has  been  tested,  long  and  repeatedly,  practically  EVERY  ARTICLE  that  is  described 
and  offered  for  sale  in  this  Catalogue. 

On  this  fifty-acre  demonstration  poultry  farm,  under  the  supervision  of  experienced, 
capable  men,  we  have  reduced  to  simple,  practical  methods  most  of  the  problems  that  have 
perplexed  poultry. keepers  since  chickens,  turkeys,  ducks  and  geese  were  first  domesticated. 

Here  we  study  food  values  and  feeding  methods — plart  to  prevent  the  ailments  to  which 
poultry  is  subject — strive  to  reduce  the  cost  of  labor  and  other  essentials,  at  the  same  time 
working  to  secure  the  largest  egg  yield  possible,  breed  and  variety  considered,  and  to  produce  at 
lowest  cost  the  best  quality  of  poultry  meat,  including  broilers,  roasters,  capons,  green  ducks,  etc. 

In  this  connection,  please  read  and  study  the  eight  chapters  in  this  book  which  contain 
sample  Cyphers  Company  facts  and  methods,  told  in  brief — also  obtain  the  "Cyphers  Company 
Service"  bulletins,  leaflets,  etc.,  in  which  these  facts  and  methods,  also  many  others  are  treated 
at  length — they  are  free  to  every  Cyphers  Company  Customer. 


New  1,000  Hen  "Unit"  Laying  House  Built  on  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm,  Summer  of  1911.     (No.  10  House.) 


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A  PERSONAL  MESSAGE  FROM  THE  PRESIDENT  OF  CYPHERS  COMPANY 


Our  New  Department — 
"Cyphers  Company  Service:" 


And  it  was  for  the  same  reason 
— on  the  sa.mebroad  grounds,  that 
we  have  created  a  new  department 
of  immediate  and  far-reaching  value,  under  the  title  "Cyphers  Com- 
pany Service."  The  next  section  of  this  catalogue  explains  in  detail 
what  the  Cyphers  Company  Service  is — on  what  basis  the  new  depart- 
ment is  conducted,  and  how  all  persons  who  wish  to  do  so  can  obtain 
the  full  benefits. 

The  intention  of  this '  'Service" — first  to  last — is  practicallyltoMmtre 
the  success  of  Cyphers  Company  customers — those  who  act  on  our  advice. 
This  is  a  big  contract,  yet  we  are  undertaking  it  with  our  eyes  open. 
We  have  been  working  up  to  this  position,  step  by  step.  It  has 
been  a  cardinal  idea  of  the  Cyphers  Company  for  years  to  help  its 
customers  actively.  This  is  the  substance — the  real  meaning  of  our 
"personal  satisfaction"  guarantee.  That  is  one  important  reason  for 
publishing  annually  these  big,  free  catalogues — for  filling  their  pages 
with  valuable  facts,  ideas  and  suggestions.  This  was  the  primary 
idea  also  for  publishing  the  Cyphers  Company  "Series  of  Practical 
Poultry  Books"  (see  pages  176  to  179)  tens  of  thousands  of  which  have 
been  sold.  But  Cyphers  Company  Service  now  is  to  mean  a  great 
deal  more. 

New  Department    This  new  department,  "Cyphers  Company  Ser- 
Is  Much  Needed :   vice,"  is  much  needed  by  earnest  poultry  workers, 

by  our  customers  every- 
where— and  it  cannot  fail  to  contribute  largely 
to  the  continued  growth  and  success  of  Cyphers 
Incubator  Company.  We  are  in  a  position 
to  know  this  better  than  any  one  else — and 
the  history  of  the  progress  of  our  company 
proves  it. 

For  years  we  have  conducted  an  "Infor- 
mation Bureau"  and  thousands  of  persons 

have  taken  advantage  of  it,  greatly  to  their  profit.     But  we  found  it 

impractical  to  render  the  right  kind  of  service  by  letter  writing  alone. 

There  has  been  a  wide-spread,  urgent  demand  for  printed  instructions, 

for  bulletins,  leaflets,  etc.,  that  would  enable  us  to  reach  many  thousands 

with  poultry  facts  and  helpful  advice,  where  by  letter  service  we  could 

reach  only  hundreds — and  this  in  a  partial,  inadequate  manner. 

Years  ago  we  began  publishing  our  free  booklet  "Hints  to  Begin- 
ners"— also  a  sixteen  page  pamphlet  entitled  "Foods  and  Feeding." 

And  later  on  we  published,  for  free  circulation,  a  number  of  leaflets 

such  as,  "Bill  of  Fare  for  Chicks  From  Shell  to  Maturity,"  "Bill  of 

Fare  for  Laying  Hens,"  etc. 

Also  in  compiling  our  seasonable  circulars,  devoted  to  the  use  and 

advantages    of  Adaptable    Hovers,    our  sealed-bag   brand   poultry 

foods,  our  laboratory  products — insecticides,  disinfectants,  etc. — we 

worked  into  the  descriptive  matter  a  large  amount  of  practical  inform- 
ation and  valuable  advice. 

But  these  efforts  to  help  and  benefit  our  customers — all  persons, 

in  fact,  who  send  for  and  read  our  free  printed  matter — resulted  in 

showing  us,  more  clearly  each  season,  the  great  need,  the  practical  value, 

the  business  wisdom  of  arranging  to  supply  such  information  and 

timely  help  in  some  better  toay — in  a  convenient,  permanent  form. 


WM.  A.  TRUE. 
Vice-President  and  Sales 
Manager. 
Mr.  True  has  been  with  Cyphers 
Incubator  Company  twelve  years. 
For  nine  years  he  has  been  an 
officer  and  stockholder.  Became 
interested  in  poultry  during  early 
boyhood  and  has  bred  and  exhib- 
ited several  popular  varieties. 
Spent  years  investigating  success- 
ful practical  poultry  plants  and 
methods,  then  compiled  and 
edited  "  Poultry  Plant  Construct- 
ion," the  most  comprehensive  and 
valuable  book  on  this  subject 
published  to  date — Book  No.  7  of 
Cyphers  Company  Series,  see 
page  178.  In  1904  opened  the 
Cyphers  Company's  European 
headquarters  at  present  location. 
No.  121  Finsbury  Pavement, 
London,  England.  August,  1906, 
was  recalled  to  Buffalo  to  fill  the 
position  he  now  occupies.  As  sales 
manager  and  head  of  the  foreign 
department,  Mr.  True  has  full 
authority  to  supervise  every  sale, 
small  or  large,  made  by  Cyphers 
Incubator  Company  and  to  see 
that  every  customer  of  ours  is 
treated  justly  and  with  proper 
consideration. 


GEO.  H.  GILLIES. 

SECRETARY, 

Head  of  Publication  and  Adver- 
tising Departments. 
Mr.  GilUes  has  been  with 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company 
seven  years.  Has  been  a  jwultry 
enthusiast  from  boyhood,  breed- 
ing several  varieties.  Started 
•'The  Poultry  Gazette"  at  Topeka, 
Kansas,  fourteen  years  ago  and 
made  it  the  most  succeissf  ul  Poultry 
Journal  of  its  day  published  west 
of  the  Mississippi  River.  Did 
much  in  the  Central-west  to  help 
promote  Poultry  Culture  and 
interest  men  and  women  of  social 
and  financial  standing  in  upbuild- 
ing the  standard-bred  poultry 
business.  Helped  secure  annual 
appropriation  from  Kansas  Legis- 
lature for  poultry  development 
and  for  seven  years  was  a  Director 
and  Officer  of  Kansas  State  Poul- 
try Association.  Is  a  stockholder 
and  director  of  the  Cyphers 
Company. 


A  PERSONAL  MESSAGE  FROM  THE  PRESIDENT  OF  CYPHERS  COMPANY 


CHAS.  A.  DAMON. 

Factory  Manager  and  Mill 

Superintendent. 

Mr.    Damon    has    been    with 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company  ten 

years.    Held  Chicago  Agency  for 

Cyphers     Incubators, 

fourteen    years    ago. 
i  Incul 

experiments  with  them.  Entered 
employ  of  the  Cyphers  Company 
in  1901  as  manager  of  Chicago 
Branch  House.  November  1st. 
1905,  was  called  to  Buffalo  to  take 
full  charge  of  manufacturing. 
Numerous  valuable  improvements 
suggested  or  madi^  by  Mr.  Damon 
have  been  incorporated  from  time 
to  time  in  this  Company's  goods. 
Is  a  stockholder  and  member  of 
the  Board  of  Directors.  Mr. 
Damon  has  full  personal  charge 
of  the  extensive  manufacturing 
plants  of  our  company  at  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  and  also  superintends  the 
operation  of  our  Poultry  Food 
Mill  at  Chicago,  111.  Buys  all 
materials  and  personally  super- 
vises the  ( 
line  of  goods. 


And  these  conditions  and  facts  caused  us  to  decide  to  establish 
the  Cyphers  Company  Service  department  and  to  issue — at  frequent 
intervals — Cyphers  Company  bulletins,  leaflets,  egg-record  cards,  in- 
cubation charts,  etc.,  for  free  distribution  to  our  valued  customers, 
upon  whose  success  —  upon  whose  continued  success,  depends  our 
continued  success. 

I  shall  be  in  personal  charge  of  the  Cyphers  Company  Service 
department — because  I  believe  this  is  the  most  valuable  work  I  can 
perform  in  the  company's  behalf  and  for  the  true  benefit  of  its  many 
thousands  of  customers.  The  most  helpful  ideas  I  have  learned  about 
poultry  in  twenty  years  of  experience  and  travel  are  to  be  printed  in 
attractive,  convenient  shape  for  the  guidance  and  profit  of  Cyphers 
Company  customers ;  the  best  methods  worked  out  each  season  by 
customers  themselves  are  to  be  collected  and  published  for  free  circu- 
lation to  all  our  customers,  and  the  facts  and  details  of  the  successful 
work  that  is  being  done  each  year,  month  by  month,  on  Cyphers 
Company's  $50,000.00  experiment  and  demonstration  poultry  farm 
are  to  be  supplied  in  printed  form  to  our  customers — at  no  cost  to  them. 

An  AU-Purpose  ^^  ^^^^  ^^^^  *^^*  *^^  Cyphers  Company  Poultry 
Poultry  Plant:  ^^^m  is  the  best  equipped  and  largest  all-purpose 
poultry  plant  in  the  world,  private  or  public — 
and  it  is.  On  pages  136  and  137  of  this  book  is  to  be  found  a  bird's-eye 
picture  of  the  fifty-acre  farm,  and  numerous  other  pictures,  made 
from  photographs,  are  published  herewith  and  in  the  poultry  farm 
section,  pages  130-141  inclusive.  Perhaps  even  a  better  idea  of  the 
magnitude  of  this  experiment  and  demon- 
stration poultry  plant  can  be  conveyed  by 
giving  a  list  of  the  principle  buildings,  with 
their  dimensions,  as  follows: — 


— 12  X  l8o  feet;    fifteen   breeding    pens.       Contains  White  Orpingtons. 

— 12  X  130  feet;   eleven    breeding   pens.       Contains  White  Orpingtons. 

— 8  X  180  feet ;  fifteen  stock  pens.  Contains  surplus  birds,  several  varieties. 

— IS  X  130  feet;   not  divided  into  pens.      Contains  four  hundred  White 
Orpington  females. 

— 12  X  130  feet;  eleven  breeding  pens.      Contains  S.  C.  White  Leghorns. 

— 12  X  130  feet;  eleven  breeding  pens.   Contains  Barred  Plymouth  Rocks. 

— 12  X  130  feet;  two  pens  12  x  65.     One  pen  contains  White  Plymouth 
Rocks,  the  other  White  Wyandottes. 

— 12  X  204  feet;    two  pens.     Contains  R.  and  S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds. 

— 12  X  204  feet;   sixteen   breeding   pens.     Contains   Trap-nested  White 
Rocks,  Wliite  Wyandottes  and  S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds. 

— 20  X  287  feet;  divided  into  four  pens — a  "unit  laying  house"  for  large 
egg  farm.     Contains  1,000  S.  C.  White  Leghorns. 

— 10  X  160  feet ;  one  pen.  Contains  Rhode  Island  Red  females. 
No.  12  HOUSE: — 15  x  200  feet;  a  stock  house  for  surplus  male  birds  and  breeding  pens. 
Separate  pens  for  450  male  birds  and  50  pens.  Equipped  with  wash- 
room, drying  room,  hot  and  cold  water,  living  room  for  attendant,  etc. 
Part  of  building,  16  x  22  feet,  two  stories  in  height. 
No.  13  HOUSE: — 15  x  450  feet ;  twenty-five  breeding  pens,  adult  ducks  and  seventy-five 
nursery  and  brooding  pens  for  ducklings.  Part  of  building,  15  x  30 
feet,  two  stories  in  height. 


No. 

I  HOUSE 

No. 

2  HOUSE 

No. 

3  HOUSE 

No. 

4  HOUSE 

No. 

5  HOUSE 

No. 

6  HOUSE 

No. 

7  HOUSE 

No. 

8  HOUSE 

No. 

9  HOUSE 

No. 

10  HOUSE 

No. 

II  HOUSE 

CHAS.  W.  PRYOR, 

Head  of  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Departments. 

Mr.  Pryor  has  held  important 
positions  with  Cyphers  Incubator 
Company  during  the  last  nine 
years.  For  several  years  he  was 
Auditor  and  head  of  the  Accounting 
Department.  Later  he  was  elected 
Treasurer.  Two  years  ago  he  was 
placed  in  charge  of  the  Wholesale 
and   Retail   Departn 


No.  14  HOUSE: — 12  x   120   feet;    contains    Mammoth    Incubator.      Total    Mammoth  home  offices.    Mr.  Pryor  started 

capacity  on  farm.  31.000  eggs.    About  twenty  Standard  machines  also  l^^frL  i^n  7f   Incubaufrs  and 

used  from  time  to  time.  Brooders  in  order  to  qualify  him- 

No.  IS  HOUSE:— 14  x  260  feet;  brooder  house  for  chicks;  hot-water  heated;  contains  i?^ckholder^'Sd''dE?cto^       \he 

twenty-three  pens.      Part  of  building  24  X30,  two  stories  and  basement.  Company. 


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Ko.  i6  HOUSE: — 14  x  no  feet;  brooder  house  for  chicks; 
equipped  with  Adaptable  Hovers;  con- 
tains eleven  pens. 

No.  17  HOUSE; — 40  x  50  feet,  two  stories  and  basement. 
Main  feed  house;  contains  bins,  chutes, 
pressure  tank,  etc. 

No.  18  HOUSE:— IS  x  75.  feet;  fattening  and  killing 
house;  contains  fattening,  killing,  pick- 
ing and  shipping  rooms. 

No.  19  HOUSE: — 15  X31  feet;  carpenter  and  repair  shop. 

No.  20  HOUSE: — 16  x  40  feet,  two  stories  and  basement. 
Farm  offices  and  sleeping  rooms  for  help. 

No.  21  HOUSE: — 16  x  16  feet;  orchard  colony;  contains 
Barred  Plymouth  Rocks. 

Nos.  22  to  28  HOUSES:— 10  x  16  feet;  colony  brooding 
houses  for  chicks;  equipped  with  Adap- 
table Hovers. 

Nos.  29  to  198  HOUSES: — Colony  Houses  of  different  sizes 
used  in  fields  for  growing  stock,  also  for 
surplus  stock  in  fall  and  early  winter. 
Manager's  residence  and  large  stable  are  modernly  equipped.     Twenty-five  of  the  fifty  acres  are  planted  to 

orchard — apple,  plum,  cherry  and  pear  trees.     Several  buildings  such  as  brooder  houses,  surplus  stock  house  No. 

16,  killing  house  No.  18,  etc.,  are  heated  by  natural  gas. 

p'rfif'  tn  Oiir      '^°  eliminate,  as  far  as  possible,  the  risk  of  loss  or  failure  in  the  poultry  business, — that  is  the 
main   requirement,    the    most    vital  problem.      First,    the  facts  must  be  known,  then  correct 

Customers  :      methods  must  be  worked  out,  then  the  right  kind  of  tools  must  be  supplied — and,  above  all,  the 
right  advice  must  be  given. 
Cyphers  Company  Service,  as  we  now  mean  to  have  these  words  understood,  embraces  all  this — all  that  the 

Cyphers  Company  has  learned,  has  discovered,  has  bought  and  paid  for — the  combined  results  of  fifteen  years 

of  work,  study  and  investment,  the  most  trustworthy  data  and  best  personal  advice  its  officers  and  experienced 

heads  of  departments  can  supply.     And  this  information  and  advice  is  to  be  furnished  free  of  cost  to  Cyphers 

Company  customers,  not  only  in  personal  letters  on  any  poultry  subject  or  preplexity  about  which  they  need 

facts  or  help,  but  also  in  a  more  permanent  form — in  neatly  printed,  illustrated  bulletins,  leaflets, etc.,  that  will 

be  of  even  greater  benefit  to  them. 


AT  THE  POULTRY  FARM. 
Heads  of  Selling  Departments.  Branch  Managers  and  Traveling 
Salesmen  of  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  at  the  Company's  Poul- 
try Farm.  August  26th.  during  progress  of  two  weeks  annual  confer- 
ence held  at  Home  Offices,  Aug.  21— Sept.  2.  1911. 


Not  A  "One 
Order"  House: 


MODEL  COCKEREL  HOUSE. 
Interior  view  of  one  side  of  what  probably  is  the  largest  and 
best  arranged  surplus  cockerel  house  in  existence.  House  is  15x 
190  ft.  in  size,  has  separate  pens  for  coops  for  450  single  birds  and 
larger  coops  for  SO  separate  breeding  or  exhibition  pens — birds 
saved  for  breeding  purposes  and  to  sell.     (No.  12  House). 


Several  years  ago  Cyphers  Incu- 
bator Company  placed  this 
broad,  personal  guarantee  back 
of  its  goods:  "A  pleased  custo- 
mer, or  it  is  not  a  sale."  The  writer  of  these  lines  had 
the  honor  to  inaugurate  that  method  of  doing  business 
in  the  sale  of  incubators,  brooders  and  poultry  supplies 
— and  the  Cyphers  Company  goods  have  been  brought 
up  to  the  mark,  article  after  article,  year  by  year,  until 
today  any  one  who  buys  an  article  bearing  the  Cyphers 
Company  trade  mark  can  promptly  return  it  if  it  is 
found  not  to  be  exactly  as  represented,  or  will  not  do 
the  work  claimed  for  it. 

Ours  is  not — has  not  been,  a  "one  order"  concern. 
On  the  contrary,  we  sell  to  the  same  persons,  to  the 
same  poultry  men  and  women  year  after  year — and  to  a 
good  many  we  sell  every  month  in  the  year.  This  means, 
Reader,  that  our  goods  simply  must  give  personal  sat- 
isfaction. Otherwise  we  could  not  keep  on  selling  to 
the  same  customers.  And  our  free  printed  matter  is  full 
of  reports  from  pleased  and  benefited  users  of  Cyphers 
Company  manufactures,  who  tell  in  their  own  words, 
under  recent  dates — everj'  letter  signed — how  long  they 
have  dealt  with  us  and  how  well  they  have  been  treated. 
Our  goods  must  be  right — if  our  business  is  to  grow 
and  prosper.  Also  our  methods  of  doing  business  must 
satisfy  persons  who  deal  with  us — either  this  or  our 
customers  soon  would  go  elsewhere.  Hence  the  policy, 
the  well-known  practice  of  this  company  to  treat  its 
patrons  both  fairly  and  liberally. 


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Men  of  Long     On  pages  6  and  7  are  shown  recent  likenesses  of  heads 
Experience:       °^  departments  at  our  home  offices,  and  on  this  page  a 
:  portrait  of  the  resident  manager  of  Cyphers  Company 

Poultry  Farm — every  one  a  stockholder  in  the  company — and  on  pages 
22,  24,  26,  28,  30  and  32  are  to  be  found  portraits  of  each  branch 
manager.  These  men,  with  but  one  exception — Mr.  Pryor — have 
bred  poultry  and  sold  poultry  appliances  and  supplies  practically  all 
their  lives.  With  one  exception  they  have  been  with  Cyphers  Incu- 
bator Company  seven  to  twelve  years.  They  know  its  policy,  its  ambi- 
tion, its  goods,  first  to  last — through  and  through. 

They,  too,  are  to  contribute  to  work  of  the  Cyphers  Company  Service  depart- 
ment— at  Buffalo  and  from  the  vantage  points  of  our  six  branch  cities.  The  best  that 
these  men  know  or  can  find  out — aU  they  know  or  are  able  to  learn  that  will  be  of 
value  to  our  customers  is  being  made  a  part  of  the  Cyphers  Company  Service — and 
the  best  poultry  facts  and  advice  this  Service  department  can  turn  out  in 
personal  letters,  in  bulletins,  booklets,  etc.,  are  placed  at  your  command,  as  a  cus- 
tomer of  this  company.  And  this  advice,  personal  counsel  and  information  by 
letter  and  in  printed  form  is  free  to  you,  absolutely  so. 

Magnitude  of 
Poultry  Industry: 


CHAS.  E.  ADAIR. 


Resident  Manager,  Cyphers  Com- 
pany Poultry  Farm. 
Mr.  Adair  has  been  with  us  eight 
years  and  is  a  stocliholder  of  the 
,  -         ,  ,  ,..  ,        Company.    Has  been  a  student  of 

With    us    the   poultry  bUSmeSS    is   a    kje  work,     poultry  culture  and  a  successful 

.^  .    ,  111 " Ti breeder    of    standard    fowls   for 

For    eighteen    years    we    have    had    no    other     twentyyears.  Had  long  experience 
have   done    little    else   but     study     -  an  inventor  and  manufacturer 


occupation- 


poultry  applk 


Resides 


Experiment    and    Demonstration 

industry  which  at  the  present  time  exceeds  every  other  farm  product    fhTrg7of^rh"p1ant.'Msinten°sery 

interested  in  experimental  work 
with  chicks,  ducklings  and  adult 
fowls.  It  was  under  his  direction 
that  the  Cyphers  Mammoth  Incu- 
bator was  designed  and  brought 
to  its  present  bigb  state  of  effi- 
ciency. Mr.  Adair  also  designed 
and  perfected  the  Cradle-back 
System  of  Brooding  House  Hovers 
for  chicks  and  ducklings  and  has 
contributed  valuable  ideas  for  the 
improvement  of  several  other 
Important  article 
pany's  manufactu 


Com- 


in  our  broad  land  except  corn,  as  an  annual  source  of  National  Wealth 
and  that  is  "second  only  to  the  corn  crop  in  value." 

During  these  years  we  have  seen  the  poultry  industry  of  this  country  develop 
in  a  wonderful  manner.  For  example,  in  ten  years  we  saw  the  annual  production  of 
poultry  and  eggs  increase  from  a  valuation  of  $280,686,429  in  1900,  as  per  the  U.  S. 
census  report,  to  more  than  $850,000,000  for  the  year  which  ended  June  30,  1910. 
And  at  the  present  time  the  rate  of  increase  is  greater  than  ever  before. 

The  U.  S.  census  of  1900  gave  the  value  of  poultry  and  eggs  at  $280,686,429. 

In  his  ninth  annual  report,  dated  November  22,  1905,  Hon.  James  Wilson, 
United  States  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  said:  "The  farmer's  hen  is  becoming  a  worthy  companion  to  his  cow. 
The  annual  production  of  eggs  is  now  a  score  of  billions,  and  they  are  becoming  a  substitute  for  high-priced  meats, 
besides  entering  more  generally  into  the  every-day  food  of  the  people.  Poultry  products  have  climbed  to  a  place 
of  more  than  half  a  billion  dollars  in  value,  so  that  the  farmer's  hen  now  competes  with  wheat  for  precedence." 

December,  1909,  in  an  address  made  by  Secretary  Wilson  at  a  banquet  given  by  the  Washington,  D.  C. 
poultry  association,  the  speaker  stated  that  "the  poultry  and  egg  production  of  the  United  States  in  1908  amounted 
to  seven  hundred  million  dollars  and  was  second  only  to  the  corn  crop  in  value."  ji,,- 

Still  more  recently — in  1911 — Secretary  Wilson,  said:  "We  can  hardly  employ  ordinary  arithmetic  in  kfeeping 
track  of  the  growth  of  the  poultry  industry.  It  has  developed  more  rapidly  within  the  last  decade  than  any  other 
of  the  big  and  wonderful  agricultural  industries  of  this  big  and  wonderful  country  of  ours." 


New  450-Foot  Duck  Breeding  and  Brooding  House  Built  c 


I  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm,  Sun 
9 


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Reasons  Plain — 
Results  Permanent: 


And  there  are  good  reasons  for  this  growth — 

sound,  economic,  country-wide  causes.     Briefly, 

we  refer  to  the  higher  prices  of  food  products, 
especially  meats  of  all  kinds ;  to  the  rapid  increase  in  population,  more 
particularly  in  cities  and  villages;  to  the  marvelous  additions  to  the 
wealth  of  the  country  from  many  sources,  including  the  large  annual 
production  of  gold — and,  last  but  by  no  means  least,  has  been  the 
adoption  by  the  well-to-do  millions  of  a  higher  standard  of  living. 

Consumption  of  farm  products  is  increasing  more  rapidly  than 
production.  The  corners  of  the  earth  are  being  searched  for  more  land 
to  subdue — to  reclaim,  to  cultivate.  That  is  the  meaning  of  irrigation 
— of  the  "model  farms,"  of  agricultural  college  instruction,  of  experi- 
ment station  work.  More  farm  products  is  the  ultimate  aim  of  all 
these  efforts  now  being  made  to  direct  people  "back  to  the  land" — 
to  outdoor  life,  to  personal  independence,  to  better  health,  to  greater  adXSofweicomlat'thlopeni^ 

of  the  thirty-sixth  annual  con- 
vention of  the  American  Poultry 
Association,  held  in  the  Auditor- 
ium, Denver,  Colorado,  and  made 
this  statement:  "Up  to  ten  years 
ago  only  three  per  cent,  of  the 
poultry  and  eggs  consumed  in 
Colorado  was  produced  in  this 
state.  Now  twenty  per  cent  of 
the  poultry  and  eggs  we  consume 
is  produced  in  this  common- 
wealth. The  increase  in  that  time 
has  been  from  $300,000.00  worth 
per  annum  to  $3,600,000.00  worth 
— a  tremendous  increase." 


HON.  JOHN  F.  SHAFORTH. 
Governor  of  Colorado, 
August  7.   1911,  del 


heap  as  was  the  case  twenty  years 


happiness. 

Meats  can  never  again  be  as 

ago.  Then  "choice  cuts"  could  be  bought  at  ten  to  twelve  and  one- 
half  cents  per  pound.  Today  Chicago,  Kansas  City  and  Omaha  packers 
are  paying  nine  to  ten  cents  per  pound  for  beef  cattle  on  the  hoof. 
Hens  in  those  days — two  decades  ago — sold  at  thirty  to  thirty-five 
cents  apiece — plump  yearlings  that  weighed  six  to  seven  pounds  each. 
Now  they  bring  tivo  and  three  times  as  much  in  markets  reaching  from 
the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific — from  Canada  to  the  Gulf. 

We  venture  this  prediction:  That  the  prices  of  farm  products  will  not  again  go  back 
to  the  old  low  levels — not  unless  the  whole  civilized  world  is  turned  topsy-turvey  by  some 
unprecedented  calamity. 

There  was  a  severe  pa: 
effects  of  which  are  still  in  evidence. 


1907 — a  money  crisis  followed  by  four  years  of  general  business  depression,  the 
But  much  to  the  surprise  of  most  people,  the  prices  of  farm  products  held  up 
-notwithstanding  the  well-known  fact  that  the  country  was  harvesting  bumper  crops. 

Truth  is,  it  was  the  high  prices  of  farm  products  and  the  wide-spread  prosperity 
— the  solvency  of  the  farming  class  throughout  those  four  years  that  "saved  the  day" 
for  many — for  very  many  merchants  and  manufacturers,  for  general  business. 

It  was  "dollar  wheat"  and  the  continued  high  prices  of  corn,  oats,  hay,  pota- 
toes, beef,  cattle,  hogs,  sheep,  poultry,  eggs,  butter,  cheese,  etc.,  that  kept  the 
American  farmer  solidly  on  his  feet — and  right  now,  with  "general  business"  quite 
dull  in  many  lines,  we  have  only  to  consult  the  daily  market  reports  and  note  the 
prices  of  all  kinds  of  farm  products  to  read  the  story  told  plainly  in  dollars  and  cents. 


Congestion  in  the  cities,  coupled  with  the  equally 
tion  in  manufacturing  is   easy,  is  inevitable  on  account  of  the 


fact  that  over-produc- 
ention  and  use 


of  labor-saving  devices  which  multiply  by  hundreds  and  by  thousands  the  rate  of 
production — these  well-known  conditions  are  certain  to  send  men  and  women  of 
intellect,  independence  and  resourcefulness  back  to  the  soil,  because  it  will  profit  them 
to  go,  because  they  can  make  money  there — and  be  happier. 

Speaking  in  the  large,  we  have  described  what  is  actually  taking  place — have 

told  of  conditions  that  now  exist.     And  what  we  have  said  has  a  most  important 

/».g  on  the  poultry  business— on  this  GREAT  INDUSTRY  OF  THE  COMMON 


HON.  JAS.  WILSON. 

Secretary  of   United  States    .  

Sfor^,^pTfhV°n,,tfic7n'rQo''i  t'ha?    PEOPLE,  to  the  greatncss  and  wonderful  growth  of  which  Secretary  Wilson  of  the 
■        •        ■    ■  -poult"    United    States   Department  of  Agriculture  H./^S   CALLED   THE   ATTENTION 

OF  THE  PUBLIC  REPEATEDLY  AND  EMPHATICALLY. 


products    of     th 

in  competition  with  wheat  for 
precedence  and  who,  in  1908, 
three  years  later,  notified  the 
American  public  that  the  value 
of  the  poultry  and  eggs  produced 
during  the  preceding  fiscal  year, 
as  shown  by  the  government 
figures  at  Washington,  D.  C. 
"Amounted  to  $700,000,000  and 
was  second  only  to  the  Corn  Crop 
in  value  " 


Yours,  for  genuine  success  and 


still  greater  poultry  industry. 


President  and  General  Manager,  Cyphers  Incubator  Company. 
U.  S.  A.,  December  1,  1911. 


'Cyphers  Company  SERyiCE" 
What  It  Is 


AND  WHAT  IT  MEANS  TO 

CYPHERS  COMPANY  CUSTOMERS 


ii  ^YPHERS  COMPANY  SERVICE"— these  are 
^^  not  new  words  to  us.  It  cannot  be  said 
even  that  they  express  a  new  idea.  On  the 
contrary  they  represent  the  policy,  the  theory  that  has 
been  dominant  in  the  management  of  this  company's 
business  for  a  dozen  years. 

But  here  lately  the  words  "Cyphers  Company 
Service"  have  taken  on,  for  us,  a  new,  greater  and 
far  more  important  meaning,  so  much  so  that  we 
are  determined  to  make  them  the  central  idea — 
the  most  helpful  factor  in  the  continued  growth  of  this 
company's  business,  helpful  to  our  customers,  therefore 
helpful  to  us. 

The  big,  main  reason  why  every  poultryman  and 
woman  raises  fowls  or  is  in  the  poultry  business,  is  for 
the  actual  cash  returns — this,  plus  health,  outdoor  life, 
personal  independence,  fondness  for  the  work,  etc. 
But  profits  are  the  real  object — they  form  the  one 
business-like  basis. 

1912  is  going  to  be  another  profitable  poultry  year. 
Eggs  are  going  to  sell  at  high  prices.  Table  poultry 
is  high  priced  now — and  quality  poultry  meat  is  certain 
to  bring  higher  prices  year  after  year.  That  has  been 
the  record  for  the  last  ten  years,  in  spite  of  panic  and 
general  trade  depression,  and  it  will  be  the  record  for 
the  next  ten  years,  which  period  undoubtedly  will  wit- 
ness another  six  or  eight  years  of  wonderful  country- 
wide development  and  prosperity. 

On  Small  Scale  Poultry  keeping  fot^profit  is  not 
„  T  .«  o  1  P'ay.  It  means  work,  attention 
Or  Large  Scale:  ^o^etofe-the  right  start,  aver- 
age  good  judgment,  personal  attention.  On  a  moderate 
scale  it  is  in  the  nature  of  a  trade,  an  occupation.  On 
a  larger  scale  it  is  a  regular  business.  In  all  cases  there 
is  buying  to  do — investments  to  be  made.  And,  first 
to  last,  management  is  necessary. 

To  produce  a  marketable  article  at  lowest  cost — 
that  is  one  important  step.  Then  the  product  must 
be  sold  to  advantage.  Later  the  quality  needs  to  be 
improved  so  that  premium  prices  can  be  obtained — , 
can  be  demanded,,  as  compared  with  the  general  run 
of  goods  offered  in  competition. 

Looked  at  from  any  angle,  this  is  a  business  propo- 
sition. It  involves  buying,  producing,  selling — good 
management.  And  it's  a  business  proposition  whether 
the  man  or  woman  engaged  in  the  work  produces  one 


hundred  chickens  each  season  or  ten  thousand.  The  ele- 
ments— the  essentials  of  success  are  very  much  the  same. 

Too  many  persons  who  try  poultry  raising  seem 
to  be  of  the  opinion  that  "chickens"  can  be  raised  in 
small  or  large  numbers  with  success  and  profit  "almost 
any  old  way."  These  well-meaning  persons  need  to 
have  something  more  than  "the  chance" — the  oppor- 
tunity.    They  need  to  know  how. 

It  is  this  general  wrong  idea  that  "any  old  thing" 
will  do  in  an  attempt  at  poultry  raising  for  profit — 
this  mistaken  idea,  together  with  offhand  advice  given 
by  onlookers,  by  persons  who  have  nothing  at  stake — 
it  is  this  combination  that  causes  nine-tenths  of  the 
failures,  partial  or  total,  that  are  heard  of  in  the 
so-called  "chicken  business." 

And  additional  to  such  a  handicap,  the  misin- 
formed, misguided  poultry  worker  very  often  is  a  victim 
of  the  greed  and  cupidity  of  unscrupulous  manufac- 
turers— the  makers  of  flimsily-built,  wrongly-con- 
structed incubators  and  of  worthless,  death-trap  brooders 
— devices  put  out  by  men  who  know  but  little  about  the 
poultry  business  and  who  care  less. 

Not  only  are  these  would-be  successful  poultry- 
men  and  women  working  under  wrong  principles — 
employing  wasteful,  incorrect  methods — but  they  are 
using  tools  that  render  genuine,  profit-earning  success 
out  of  the  question. 

Be  Sure  To  ^^  y°"'  ^^'i^'^'  ^""^  going  to  raise 
Qtcirt  TlidVit  poultry  this  season — you  owe  it  to 
Start  Klgnt:  ^^^^^^^y  ^^  know  that  you  have 
the  right  tools  with  which  to  work — the  right  equipment 
that  will  do  justice  to  the  time  and  money  you  invest. 
And  you  will  want  to  make  sure  that  you  are  following 
the  best  course — that  you  are  on  the  right  track. 

It  is  a  matter  of  simple  truth  that  Cyphers  Incu- 
bators, Brooders  and  standard  supplies  will  give  you 
greater  satisfaction,  better  and  larger  results,  than  any 
other  equipment — than  any  other  poultry  tools  you 
can  buy  and  use.  Our  many  thousands  of  customers 
know  this  to  be  the  fact.  Many  of  them  bear  witness 
in  this  catalogue — every  report  signed  and  dated — 
each  one  recent,  and  to  the  point. 


CYPHERS  COMPANY  SERVICE— WHAT    IT  IS 


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CYPHERS  POULTRY  FARM  "  EGG  FACTORY." 
Common  Sight  in  Leghorn  Houses  on  Cyphers  Company  Poul- 
try Farm  During  Spring  and  Summer  of  1911.  In  Two  Long 
Houses  Without  Division  Pens  There  Were  Not  Enough  Nests  to 
Accommodate  all  the  Layers  at  the  height  of  the  Laying  Season 
and  some  of  them  used  the  Floor. 

And  back  of  every  Cyphers  Company  customer 
now  stands  "Cyphers  Company  Service" — genuine, 
comprehensive,  year  around  help  to  our  patrons.  Its 
purpose  is  to  help  you  avoid  the  pitfalls — to  solve  your 
poultry  raising  problems.  It  provides  valuable  help, 
reliable  data,  money-making  ideas — practical  informa- 
tion, adapted  to  your  special  needs,  whatever  they 
may  be  in  this  field  of  endeavor. 

Reduced  to  few  words,  it  looks  to  your  success  for 
our  success. 

We  now  actually  co-operate  in  detail  and  individually 
with  every  poultry  raiser  who  is  a  Cyphers  customer. 

Our  Cyphers  Company  Service  department,  in 
personal  charge  of  Mr.  Curtis,  with  a  corps  of  able 
assistants,  will  gladly  devote  the  time  needed  to  start 
you  going  right  and  to  keep  you  on  the  right  track — 
to  give  you  the  benefit  of  their  knowledge,  of  all  the 
new  ideas,  the  short  cuts,  the  profit-making,  money- 
saving  plans  we  have  developed  and  perfected  on  our 
own  $50,000.00  experiment  and  demonstration  poultry 
farm,  the  best  equipped  and  most  complete  estab- 
lishment of  the  kind  in  the  world,  either  private  or 
public. 

And  we  ask  every  Cyphers  Company  customer  to 
remember  that  this  "Service" — in  the  form  of  personal 
letters  and  numerous  copyrighted  bulletins,  belongs 
to  you  as  good  measure,  and  we  wish  to  have  you 
avail  yourself  fully  of  its  benefits.  To  our  valued 
customers,  old  and  new,  small  scale  or  large  scale, 
it  is  free — absolutely  so — and  this  is  one  of  the  reasons 
— a  big  reason,  why  your  name.  Reader,  should  be  on 
our  list  of  customers. 

Please  Read       '^^^  ^'Sh*-  chapters  published  in  this 
Carefullv  ovmcal  free  Cyphers  Company  cata- 

logue and  poultry  guide  are  fair 
examples  of  the  kind  of  poultry  help  and  advice — data 
and  suggestions,  that  are  to  be  found  in  more  elaborate 
form — at  greater  length,  in  the  Cyphers  Company  Ser- 
vice 6a//e/fn£,  everyone  of  which  is  free  to  our  customers, 


sent  postpaid.  Here  are  the  titles  of  the  eight  chapters, 
with  list  of  the  pages  on  which  they  are  to  be  found: — 
CHAPTER  PAGES 

I — How   To   Get    Twice   as    Many    Eggs 

From  the  Same  Number  of  Hens. .   112-113 
II— The  200-Egg   Per  Year   Hen— How  to 

Produce  Her 128-129 

III — Large  Sized  Eggs  In  Demand  As  Well 

As  Lots  of  Them 142-143 

IV — Mating  and  Feeding  of  Fowls  to  Get 

Fertile  Eggs 174-175 

V — Selection  and  Care  of  Eggs  for  Success- 
ful Hatching.  ...  .- 180-181 

VI — Proper    Care    of    Fowls    and    Chicks 

With  Least  Amount  of  Work 193-194 

VII— How  to  Brood  Chicks  Properly  at  the 

Lowest  Cost 216-217 

VIII — Premium- Price  Table  Poultry  and  How 

to  Produce  it 238-239 

These  chapters  are  short,  are  condensed  —  una- 
voidably so.  This  book  is  a  big  one  as  it  is — too  big, 
almost — mainly  on  account  of  our  line  of  goods  being 
as  complete  as  it  is,  including  the  detailed,  illustrated 
descriptions — yet  we  have  not  been  able  to  publish 
a  hundredth  part  of  the  recent  reports  from  customers 
that  we  should  like  to  print.  The  reports  herewith 
presented  are  merely  samples  of  the  thousands  we  have 
received.  If  more  such  reports  are  desired,  drop  us  a 
postal  card,  asking  for  a  set  of  out  seasonable  circulars 
— they  contain   hundreds  of  other  similar   reports. 

The  chapters  herewith,  short  as  they  are,  should 
be  read,  re-read — studied.  For  the  earnest  poultry 
keeper  they  contain  facts  and  ideas  of  genuine,  practical 
value — not  fine-spun  theories,  nor  broad  generalities. 
They  are  part  and  parcel  of  the  "Cyphers  Company 
Service" — of  the  reliable  advice  and  down-to-the- 
minute  plans  and  methods  that  every  poultry  man  and 
woman,  no  matter  where  located,  should  understand 
and  ptU  in  use,  in  order  to  obtain  larger  profits  on  your 
investment  of  monev.  time  and  labor. 


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HATCHING  CHICKS  "  BY  WHOLESALE  " 
Picture  shows  part  ot  a  hatch  of  thirteen  compartments  of  the 
Cyphers  double-deck  Mammoth  Incubator  on  Cyphers  Company's 
Poultry  Farm,  May,  1911 — as  much  of  the  twenty-six  compart- 
ment machine  as  the  camera  could  take  in.  on  account  of  narrow 
passageway.  Chicks  were  White  Rocks,  White  W^■andottes, 
White  Leghorns  and  Barred  Rocks.    Last  named  were  at  end  of  row. 


CYPHERS  COMPANY  SERVICE— WHAT  IT  IS 


First  Thirty-Two  "^^^  "  Cyphers  Company  Service"  bulletins  are  being  published  in  sets  of  four,  for 

<»«        •       "  R    11    <-■       •     convenience  in  mailing,  and  this  plan  is  to  be  continued.     Each  new  set  is  mailed 
oervice       rSUlieimS .     ^^    ^^^  customers  whose  names  are  on  our  lists,  and  new   customers  will  get  each 
succeeding  set  when  issued,  also  a  copy  of  all  bulletins  previously  issued. 

We  are  pleased  to  list   herewith  the  first  thirty-two  Cyphers  Company  bulletins,  giving  them  by  numbers  and 
titles,  also  dividing  them  into  two  volumes: — 


VOLUME  No.  I 
BULLETIN  No.  1— WINTER  EGGS— HOW  TO  GET  THEM. 


BULLETIN  No.  2— DRY  FEEDING  BY  THE  HOPPER 
METHOD.— A  Great  Gain.  It  Saves  Labor,  Improves 
Health,  Gives  Results.     Price  25  cents. 

BULLETIN  No.  3— SANITARY  CONDITIONS  FOR  POUL- 
TRY—HOW MAINTAINED.— Care  For  Cleanliness. 
Proper  Ventilation.  Fresh  Air  and  Sunshine  Essential. 
Price  IS  cents. 

BULLETIN  No.  4— BACK- YARD  POULTRY  KEEPING.— 
Its  Advantages  and  Limitations.  Eggs  and  Poultry  For  the 
Family.     Price  15  cents. 

BULLETIN  No.  5— WOMEN'S  BEST  CHANCES  IN  POUL- 
TRY FIELD.— Under  Farm  Life  Conditions.  Under  ViUage 
Conditions.  Under  Special  Limitations,  Such  as  Other 
Business,  Poor  Health,  Etc.     Price  25  cents. 

BULLETIN  No.  6— POULTRY  EDUCATION  AS  RELATED 
TO  WOMEN.— Poultry  Education  Applied  In  Poultry  Rais- 
ing. Poultry  Education  Applied  In  Teaching.  Poultry 
Education  and  Business  Success.     Price  15  cents. 

BULLETIN  No.  7  —  CO-OPER.ATION  FOR  WOMEN  IN 
POULTRY  FIELD.— The  Home  Unit.  The  Partner  From 
Without.  Women  Standing  Together.  Far  Reaching  Bene- 
fits.    Price  IS  cents. 

BULLETIN  No.  8— IMPORTANT  DON'TS  FOR  BEGIN- 
NERS TO  MEMORIZE.— Dreams  That  Can't  Come  True. 
Start  On  Moderate  Scale.     How  To  Do  It.     Price  15  cents. 

BULLETIN  No.  9— DRYNESS  ESSENTIAL  IN  POULTRY 
HOUSES.— How  To  Get  It.  Style  of  Floor.  Curtain  Front 
Types.     Value  of  Sunshine.     Price  15  cents. 

-BULLETIN  No.  10  —  COMMON-SENSE  FEEDING  OF 
FOWLS. — "Judgment"  As  Important  As  Feed.  A  Grass 
Run  Is  Desirable.  Green  Food  Essential.  How  Supplied. 
Price  15  cents. 

BL'LLETIN  No.  11— BROODING  OF  CHICKS  FOR  RAPID 
GROWTH.— Proper  Quarters.  The  Right  Temperature. 
Ventilation     Essential.     Importance     of     Cleanliness.     Price 


BULLETIN  No.  U  — PROPER  FEEDING  OF  LITTLE 
CHICKS.— What  Not  To  Do.  Value  of  Exercise.  How 
Induced.     Green    Food    of    Great     Importance.     Price    15 


BULLETIN  No.  IJ— WHITE    DIARRHOEA   OF    CHICKS.— 

Causes,   Prevention,  Symptoms.   Treatment,  Remedies,   Etc. 

Price  25  cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  14— DEEP  LITTER  FEEDING  OF  CHICKS. 

— How  It  Is  Done.     Great  Labor  Saver.     Chicks  Do  Much 

Better.     Comparative  Tests.     Price  25  cents. 

BULLETIN  No.  15— DAY-OLD  CHICK  BRANCH  OF  IN- 
DUSTRY.—Its  Beginning.  Its  Growth.  Of  What  It  Con- 
sists   At    Present    Time.     Outlook    and    Possibilities.     Price 


BULLETIN  No.  16— CUSTOM  HATCHING  OF  CHICKS 
AND  DUCKLINGS.— Of  What  It  Consists.  Dates  From 
Ancient  Times.  How  It  Is  Done.  Prices  Charged.  Profit- 
able Methods.     Price  IS  cents. 


VOLUME  No.  H 
BULLETIN  No.  17— TRAP-NESTING   TO    INCREASE   EGG 

PRODUCTION.— Numerous   Fowls    In   Average    Flock    Do 

Not  Lay  Enough  Eggs  To  Pay  a  Profit.     How  Found  Out 

and  How  Corrected.     Price  25  cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  18— LINE-BREEDING  TO  INCREASE  EGG 

PRODUCTION.— By  This  Natural  Method  The  Egg  Yield 
-  Of  Average  Flock  Of  Fowls  Can  Be  Doubled.     Advantages 

and  Dangers  of  Line  Breeding.     Price  25  cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  19— HANDLING  OF  INCUBATOR  TO  GET 

BEST    RESULTS. — Where    To    Locate.     Use    and    Abuse. 

How  To   Clean  and   Preserve.     First   Aid  To   The   Chicks. 

Price  15  cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  20— BROODING  THE  NEWLY  HATCHED 

CHICKS.— Safe  Locations.     What  To  Do  and  What  Not  To 

Do.     Proper    Handling    During    First    Three    Weeks.     Price 

15  cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  21— COMMON  DISEASES  OF  FOWLS  AND 

CHICKS. — Symptoms.       Causes.      Prevention.     Treatment. 

Home  and  Commercial  Remedies.     Price  25  cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  22— EGGS    AND    POULTRY    FOR    DAILY 

MARKET.— Small    Egg    Plants.     Egg    Farming.     Profitable 

Production  of  Squab  Broilers,  Broilers,  Roasters  and  Capons. 

Price  25  cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  23— POULTRY  RAISING  FOR  PROFIT  ON 

THE   FARM.— Natural   Place   to    Raise   Poultry.     Farmers 

Great  Opportunity.     Poultry  the  Best  Paying  Farm  Stock. 

Price  IS  cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  24— POULTRY  HOUSES— THEIR  PROPER 

CONSTRUCTION. — Fresh  Air  and   Sunshine   Most   Essen- 
tial.    Prevention  of  Drafts.     Dry   Floor  and   Litter.     Price 

25  cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  25— COMMON    POULTRY    PESTS.     LICE, 

MITES,  ETC.— Their  Harmful  Effects.     Whence  They  Come. 

How    Destroyed.     Means    of    Prevention.     Price    IS    cents. 
BULLETIN    No.    26— CRATE   FATTENING  OF    FOWLS.— 

How  It  Is  Done.     The  Advantages.     What  To  Feed.     Kinds 

of  Stock  To  Fatten.     Price  25  cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  27— PRIVATE     EGG    TRADE— WHAT     IT 

DEMANDS.— How  Established.     Best  Forms  For  Producer. 

Its  Advantages  and  Disadvantages.     Price  25   cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  28— KEEPING    THE.  EGG    YIELD    UP    IN 

SUMMER.— All-Year-Round  Supply  Much  Desired.     What 

Can  Be  Accomplished.     Present  Conditions.     Price  IS  cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  29— BEST  MARKETS  FOR  POULTRY  AND 

EGGS. — Prompt  Marketing  Very  Desirable.    Prices  Governed 

By  Quahty    of    Product.     Quantity  Comes    Next.     Business 

Expansion.     Price  IS  cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  30— WHERE  TO  START  IN  THE  POULTRY 

BUSINESS. — Convenience  of  Marketing  Highly  Important. 

Advantages  and   Disadvantages  in   Family   Trade.     Crating 

and  Marketing.     Price  15  cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  31— COMMON    MISTAKES    IN    POULTRY 

KEEPING.— Breeding  From  Immature  or  Debilitated  Stock. 

Pooriy  Planned,   111  Ventilated  Houses.     Feeding  an  Unbal- 
anced Ration.     Lack  of  Exercise.     Price  25  cents. 
BULLETIN  No.  32— COMBINING  POULTRY  AND   FRUIT 

GROWING. — Best   Side    Lines    to    Combine   With    Poultry 


THESE  BULLETINS,  and  others  that  are  to  be  published  by  us,  covering  the  entire  poultry  subject 
on  practical  lines,  are  free,  postage  paid,  to  men  and  women  everywhere  who  have  bought  goods  of  our  manu- 
facture within  a  period  of  two  years,  dating  from  January  1,  1912,  either  direct  from  Buffalo  or  from  our 
branch  stores  located  in  New  York  City,  Boston,  Chicago,  Kansas  City,  Oakland  or  London,  England — or  from 
any  agent  of  ours  in  the  United  States  or  a  foreign  country. 

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CYPHERS  COMPANY  SERVICE— WHAT  IT  IS 


All  persons  who  write  to  us  for  our  annual  cata- 
logue or  other  free  printed  matter  are  treated  as  "in- 
quirers" and  their  names  are  carded  in  our  "inquiry" 
files.  When  an  inquirer  btiys  goods  of  us  his  or  her 
inquiry  card  is  transferred  to  our  "customer"  files. 
The  free  Cyphers  Company  Service  bulletins  are  to 
be  mailed  by  us  to  every  name  and  address  in  the 
"customer"  files. 

In  other  words,  our  customers  will  not  need  to  go 
to  the  trouble  of  writing  in  to  us  from  time  to  time, 
„  asking  for  this,  that  or  the  other  bulletin — they  are 
to  be  mailed  regularly  to  you  as  issued.  In  future, 
customers  who  buy  in  person  at  our  retail  stores  or 
in  our  Buffalo  display  and  sales  room  are  to  be  asked 
to  give  the  salesman  their  names  and  addresses  so  that 
the  bulletins  can  be  mailed  to  them.  And  we  wish  to 
receive  the  names  and  addresses  of  all  purchasers  and 
users  of  goods  of  our  manufacture  who  buy  of  mir 
agents,  domestic  and  foreign,  so  that  these  customers 
also  will  be  in  a  position  to  receive  the  bulletins  regu- 
larly— without  having  to  write  us  for  them. 
Are  of  General,     The  "Cyphers  Company  Service" 

Practical  Value:  ''.""'^""^  =^'''=  ^l!'  '°^"'^'^^^  '" 

size — same  as  this  page — and 
have  holes  punched  in  the  back  margin  so  that  they  can 
be  preserved  conveniently.  To  each  customer,  with  his 
or  her  first  set  or  sets  of  bulletins,  we  furnish  free  of 
charge  a  durable  fiber  paper  binder  (see  illustration 
herewith)  that  will  hold  sixteen  to  thirty-two  bulletins. 
Each  later  set  of  bulletins,  as  received,  can  be  placed 
in  the  binder  by  untying  the  cord,  inserting  both  ends 
of  the  cord  in  the  holes  in  the  back  margin  of  each 
bulletin,  then  replacing  all  the  bulletins  in  the  binder 
and  retying  the  cord  in  its  proper  place. 

Furthermore,  the  pages  of  the  bulletins  are  num- 
bered consecutively  and  as  often  as  the  bulletins  fill  a 
binder,  we  shall  add  an  index  to  the  back  pages  of  the 
last  bulletin,  giving  the  contents  of  all  bulletins  in  the 
_  binder,   thus  pro- 

ducing a  loosely 
bound  book,  with 
durable  cover  and 
a  detailed  table  of 
contents,  ready  for 
easy  reference. 

As  may  be 
judged  by  the  titles 
of  the  first  thirty- 
two  bulletins  here 
listed,  the  contents 
deal  with  the 
essentials  of  success 
—  they  treat  of 
questions  of  vital 
importance  and 
daily  value  to  ever)' 
BINDER  FOR  BULLETINS.  earnest  poultry  man 

Will  hold  thirty-two  Bulletins,  preserving     and     woman     who 


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out  of  poultry  raising  all  there  is  in  it — whether  you 
are  operating  on  a  small  scale  or  on  a  large  scale. 

"A  hen  is  a  hen"  the  world  around,  broadly 
speaking — and  it  is  on  this  fact  that  our  bulletin  service 
is  based.  What  to  do  and  how  to  do  it,  in  planning  and 
working  to  make  THE  LARGEST  PROFIT  PER 
HEN  KEPT  OR  PER  BIRD  MARKETED— that  is 
the  object,  that  is  the  theory  and  aim  of  these  free  bulle- 
tins. Also — what  not  to  do — this  equally  important 
ground  is  covered  with  much  care,  aided  by  long  experi- 
ence and  wide  observation. 

TO  POINT  THE  WAY— to  help  our  customers 
save  money  in  their  poultry  work  and  to  make  larger 
profiJs,  so  they  will  increase  their  plants  and  output — 
that  is  the  mission  of  these  bulletins.  And  if,  for 
example,  we  can  enable  our  customers  to  raise  to  market 
age  or  to  maturity  one-tenth,  one-fourth,  or  perhaps 
fifty  per  cent,  more  chicks  or  ducklings  than  they 
otherwise  zvould,  then  we  are  confident  that  the  demand 
for  goods  of  our  manufacture  will  increase  in  about 
the  same  proportion.  Hence  our  strong  desire  to  have 
the  bulletins  prove  to  be  worth  tens  and  hundreds  of 
dollars  to  every  poultryman  and  woman  who  is  to  read 
them  and  personally  profit  by  the  information  and 
advice  they  contain. 

"Samples"  Are    ^^^  READER  of  this  cata- 
Free  To  All  •  '°^"^  ^^^  ^^""^  ^  letter  or  post- 

card for  one,  two  or  three  sample 
"Cyphers  Company  Service"  bulletins,  selected  from 
Volume  I  of  the  list  published  herewith — and  we  ask  you. 
Reader,  to  do  this.  It  will  be  a  favor  to  us  and  you  will 
be  well  repaid  for  the  trouble.  We  desire  to  have  you 
know  just  what  these  bulletins  are — of  what  value  they 
are  to  poultry  raisers,  to  all  persons  who  are  interested 
in  poultry  keeping  for  profit. 

It  is  impractical  for  us  to  mail  all  the  "Cyphers 
Company  Service"  bulletins  to  every  person  who  is  to 
receive  a  copy  of  this  catalogue,  two  hundred  thousand 
(200,000)  copies  of  which  are  being  printed — but  we 
would  like  to  have  every  reader  of  these  lines  send 
for  two  or  three  sample  bulletins,  the  ones  you  judge 
by  the  titles  will  be  of  the  most  interest  and  help  to  you. 
We  are  asking  you  to  do  this  because  we  believe  these 
sample  bulletins  will  convince  you  that  your  name 
should  be  on  our  list  of  customers. 

Going  a  step  farther,  we  have  put  a  selling  price  on 
each  bulletin,  so  that  persons  who  want  several  of  them,  or 
perhaps  the  entire  lot — also  others  that  are  to  follow 
— but  who  are  not  Cyphers  Company  customers,  can 
buy  those  they  want,  doing  so  at  nominal  cost.  If  less  than 
eight  bulletins  are  wanted  by  persons  who  are  not  cus- 
tomers, the  prices  given  are  not  subject  to  reduction, 
except  that  every  reader  of  this  catalogue  is  entitled 
to  three  sample  bulletins  (your  choice  from  Volume 
I)  without  charge.  For  more  than  eight  bulletins 
and  less  than  si.\teen,  deduct  25  per  cent. — one-fourth 
the  total  list  price  of  the  bulletins  selected.  For  the 
entire  thirty-two  on  one  order  deduct  50  per  cent.  — 
one-half  the  total  list  price. 


CYPHERS   COMPANY   SERVICE— WHAT  IT  IS 


$1,000.00  OFFERED  IN  CASH   PRIZES 

As  part  of  the  work  of  the  "Cyphers  Company 
Service"  department  we  have  withheld  $1,000.00  of 
our  advertising  appropriation  for  the  season  of  1911- 
1912  and  we  are  going  to  distribute  this  sum  December, 
1912,  to  the  eighty-three  persons — men  and  women — 
who  write  us,  in  their  own  words,  the  best  and  most 
helpful  reports  of  their  individual  successes  in  raising 
poultry  for  profit  by  improving  tlieir  personal  oppor- 
tunities, by  taking  advantage  of  local,  home  conditions. 
By  the  "best,  most  helpful,"  we  mean  reports  of 
actual  work  done,  of  favorable  results  achieved,  of 
profits  made,  on  either  a  small  or  large  scale — reports 
which,  in  the  careful  judgment  of  Mr.  Curtis,  as  head 
of  the  "Cyphers  Company  Service"  department,  will 
be  of  the  greatest  value  and  personal  benefit  to  the 
largest  number  of  Cyphers  Company  customers. 

This  competition  is  not  to  be  a  matter  of  big 
hatches  or  of  extra  good  luck  in  brooding  the  chicks. 
We  want  these  reports  to  cover,  in  a  plain,  matter-of- 
fact-way  just  what  is  done — all  that  is  done  in  making 
a  success  of  your  season's  poultry  work. 

Where  you  live — in  city,  village  or  country. 
How  much  land  is  used  for  the  fowls,  old  and  young. 
The  hind  of  building  or  buildings  used. 
How  many  breeders  or  layers  are  kept. 
What  you  fed — and  in  what  way. 
How  well  your  hens  laid  and  what  you  did  specially 
— if  anything — to  increase  the  egg  yield. 

The  number  of  chicks  or  duckUngs  (or  both)  that 
were  hatched  and  how  many  you  succeeded  in  raising 
to  market  age  or  maturity. 

How  hatched  and  how  raised,  whether  by  hens 
or  by  artificial  means. 

If  chicks  or  ducklings  were  hatched  b>'  use  of 
incubators,  where  did  you  operate  the  incubator  or 
incubators  and  what  per  cent,  of  the  eggs  proved  fer- 
tile and  what  per  cent,  of  the  fertile  eggs  produced 
good  sized,  healthy 
chicks  or  ducklings? 
If  chicks  or 
ducklings  were 
raised  by  the  use  of 
brooders,  where  did 
you  locate  the  brood- 
ers and  what  per- 
centage of  the  total 
number  of  chicks  or 
ducklings  entrusted 
to  the  brooders  were 
you  able  to  raise 
past  the  brooder 
age? 

What  did  you 
feed  the  chicks  or 
ducklings  at  differ- 
ent periods — h  o  w 
did  you  feed,  how 
often,  etc.? 


How  did  you  dispose  of  your  product — or  the  part 
of  it  that  you  sold? 

If  you  sold  eggs,  were  they  marketed  locally  by 
you  or  were  they  shipped  away? 


REPORTS  OF 

Successful  Poultry  Growers 

$1000.00 
ANNUAL  PRIZE  COffTEST 

1912-1913  EDinOS 


-  "cyphers  OOMEW  SEIMCE"DEPARTMEm 


BOOK  OF  PRIZE  REPORTS. 

Contents  are  to  cost  us  $1,000  in 
caan.  Free  copy  to  be  mailed  to  every 
1912-1913  Cypliers  Company  customer. 


$1,000  In  Cash  Prizes— C  onipetition  Open  to  the  World. 

What  portion  of  the  eggs  sold  were  market  eggs 
and  what  portion  were  sold  for  hatching  purposes? 

About  what  amount  of  eggs  and  what  number  of 
fowls  did  you  use  for  home  consumption? 

How  many  head  of  live  or  dressed  fowls  raised  by  you 
did  you  sell  during  tlie  season,  or  year,  and  was  this 
stock  marketed  locally  by  you  or  was  it  shipped  away? 

If  fowls  were  sold  for  breeding  purposes  or  as 
exhibition  stock,  so  state,  giving  any  particulars  of 
general  interest. 

Give  as  near  as  you  can — the  nearer  the  better — 
your  total  expenses  for  the  care  and  feeding  of  your 
fowls,  old  and  young  combined,  also  the  cost  of  mar- 
keting the  eggs  and  poultry  sold  during  the  period 
covered  by  report. 

Include  a  statement  of  your  total  disbursements 
and  receipts  for  the  period — itemized  form  preferred 
— thus  aiming  to  show  your  profit  or  loss  on  the  season's 
operations. 

Report  the  number  of  fowls  you  started  with  at 
the  beginning  of  period  covered  by  the  report,  with 
estimated  value,  and  report  number  of  fowls  on  hand  at 
close  of  period,  with  estimated  value. 

State  wherein  you  failed  to  do  as  well  as  you  had 
hoped  for,  in  any  branch  or  feature  of  the  work,  giving 
your  ideas  of  why  this  was  so  and  telling  how  you  believe 
you  can  do  better  the  next  season. 

Describe  any  favorite  device  you  used  in  your 
poultry  work  and  explain  any  favorite  method  tested 
by  you  to  good  advantage — devices,  methods  or  ideas 
that  you  believe  will  help  and  benefit  other  poultrymen. 

It  is  not  expected  that  any  one  report  will  cover 
all  these  points.  We  have  merely  outlined  the  charac- 
ter  of  the  reports  wanted.  HOW  WELL  were  you 
able  to  do — and  how  did  you  do  it?  This  is  what  we 
desire  to  know — this  is  information  which  cannot  fail 
to  be  of  great  practical  help  to  thousands  of  our  cus- 
tomers. For  this  information  we  are  willing  to  pay 
$1,000.00  in  coiA. 


CYPHERS  COMPANY  SERVICE— WHAT  IT  IS 


Prize  ReoortS  ^^'^   these  reports  are   to  be 

rr  n  T»  1-1  ■  I.  J  published  in  booklet  form  for 
To  Be  Published:  J,,,  distribution  to  Cyphers 
Company  customers  as  part  of  the  Cyphers  Company 
free  bulletin  service.  The  contents  of  this  booklet — the 
reports  themselves — are  to  cost  us  $1,000  in  cash,  and  a 
copy  of  this  booklet  will  be  sent  free  to  every  customer 
who  buys  goods  of  us  direct  or  from  any  Cyphers 
Company  agent  during  the  years  1912  and  1913. 

The  $1,000.00  is  to  be  distributed  in  eighty-three 
cash  prizes  as  follows: 

TOTAL 

First  prize $200.00  $200.00 

Second  prize 100.00  100.00 

Tliird  prize 50.00  50.00 

Ten  prizes,  each 20.00  200.00 

Twenty  prizes,  each...     10.00  200.00 

Fifty  prizes,  each 5.00  250.00 

Grand  Total,  $1,000.00 
Competition  for  these  eighty-three  cash  prizes 
is  open  to  the  world,  whether  you  use  any  of  our  goods 
or  not.  There  are  no  strings  tied  to  this  offer — none 
whatever,  except  as  to  the  distribution  of  the  booklets. 
A  free  copy  of  the  booklet  will  be  mailed  to  every  person 
who  enters  the  competition  and  sends  us  his  or  her 
report — also  to  every  Cyphers  Company  customer,  as 
before  stated.  Reports  that  do  not  win  prizes,  but  that 
are  used  in  the  booklet  will  be  paid  for  by  us.  Other 
reports  will  be  returned  to_  the  senders,  on  request. 

The  practical  value  of  this  booklet  should  be 
great  indeed — and  we  propose  to  get  out  one  like  it 
every  year.  These  reports  are  to  represent  actual 
achievement  under  widely  varying  conditions,  in  all 
parts  of  the  world — successes  won  by  men  and  women 
by  their  own  personal  efforts. 


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IMPORTED  WHITE  ORPINGTONS. 
In  this  house  on  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm  at  the  time  the  photograph  was  taken 
there  were  350  White  Orpingtons — part  of  the  shipment  of  600  imported  from  two  foremost 


LATEST  IMPORTATION  OF  WHITE  ORPINGTONS. 
In  October,  1911,  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  received  from 
England  in  the  coops  shown  in  this  picture  (made  from  photograph) 
600  fine  White  Orpingtons,  500  yearling  hens  and  early-hatched 
pullets  and  100  choice  males.  This  was  our  second  importation. 
In  November,  1910,  we  received  200  hens  and  well-matured  pullets 
and  40  early-hatched  cockerels.  These  birds — both  lots — were 
bought  fpr  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm  by  the  manager  of  our 
European  branch  house,  121-125  Finsbury  Pavement,  London, 
England. 

How  to  make  money  by  keeping  and  raising  poul- 
try— in  the  production  of  poultry  and  eggs  for  market 
and  the  home  table,  for  breeding  and  exhibition  pur- 
poses— that  is  the  question. 

Near  every  city  and  village  in  this  country  there 
are  excellent  opportunities  to  make  money  keeping 
poultry.  Only  a  limited  number  of  these  opportuni- 
ties are  being  improved.  The  great  majority  are  not. 
And  the  reason  is  because  men  and  women  who  would 
like  to  do  the  work  and  make  the  money  are  not  posted 
— do  not  know  how. 

To  get  at  the  local  facts,  to  learn  more  about 
these  opportunities,  and  to  tell  our  thousands  of  cus- 
tomers how  to  improve  them — ^just  what  to  do  in  order 
to  make  money  by  taking  advantage  of  local,  home  con- 
ditions, that  is  the  object  of  this  competition. 

The  entire  eighty  -  three 
reports  that  win  the  cash 
prizes  are  to  be  published 
in  the  booklet  for  free 
distribution  to  all  contestants 
and  to  every  1912-1913  Cyphers 
Company  customer  —  therefore 
the  persons  most  interested  will 
I  ave  the  chance  to  judge  for 
themseh-es  whether  or  not  the 
prizes  have  been  fairly  awarded. 
Furthermore,  each  contes- 
tant is  to  get  the  fidl  benefit 
of  the  ideas,  methods,  sugges- 
tions, and  story  of  success  of  the 
other  contestants.  The  contents 
alone  of  this  Prize  Report  Book- 
let are  to  cost  us  $1,000.00,  but 
we  shall  have  a  booklet  of  far- 
reaching  interest  and  great  prac- 
tical value. 

The  selling  price  of  this  book- 
let to  non-customers  will  be  $1 .00 
per  cop>',    postpaid  to  any  ad- 
dress, domestic  or  foreign. 
Yours  for  progress, 
CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  CO. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A.. 
December  1,  1911. 


Cyphers  Company  Factory 
Facilities 


AND  HOW  WE   TURN  OUT 

STRICTLY  STANDARD  GbODS 


EVERY  one  of  the  factory  foremen  whose  por- 
traits are  shown  on  this  page  has  been  in  the 
employ  of  Cyphers  Company  twelve  'or  more  years. 

And  this  means  something — means  something  to 
you,  Reader,  if  you  become  a  customer  of  ours  and  use 
goods  of  our  manufacture. 

It  means  that  experienced  mechanics — old  hands 
at  the  work,  are  on  gtiard  in  each  important  depart- 
ment of  our  factory  to  make  sure  that  every  article  is 
put  through,  is  assembled,  finished,  tested  and  pre- 
pared for  safe  shipment  the  way  it  should  be. 

Benjamin  F.  Jones,  head  of  the  Flat  Metal  Depart- 
ment, has  held  this'responsible  position  with  Cyphers 
Incubator  Company  more  than  fifteen  years. 

Cord  Barnum,  foreman  of  the  Machine  and  Elec- 
trical Departments  also  has  been  with  us  more  than 
fifteen  years. 

Frank  Smalt,  foreman  of  the  Cutting-up  (Wood- 
working) Department  has  been  in  this  same  depart- 
ment more  than  fourteen  years. 

Joseph  B.  Engel,  foreman  of  the  Assembling 
Department,  has  been  with  us  thirteen  years. 

Joseph  Smith,  foreman  of  the  Finishing 
Department,   has  been  in    our  employ  twelve  years. 

Not  only  is  it  necessary  that  dependable  incubators 
and  trustworthy  brooders  shall  be  designed  on  right 
lines,  shall  embody  correct  principles — they  must  also 
be  well  built,  must 'be  MECHANICALLY  PERFECT, 
provided  they  are  to  do  the  important  work  required 
of  them  and  enable  the  operator  to  obtain  best  results. 


That  is  why  we 
value  highly  the  ability 
and  skill  of  our  factory 
foremen — and  we  are 
proud  of  the  fact  that 
they  have  continued  with  us  all  these  years.  This 
company  makes  it  worth  while  for  its  best  workers 
to  remain  in  its  employ.  With  us  it  is  a  well- 
established  principle  to  retain  the  services  of  the 
men  in  all  departments  who  prove  to  be  competent 
and  reliable.  This  practice  has  meant  much  to  us — 
and  it  has  meant  still  more  to  our  thousands  of  cus- 
tomers year  after  year. 

Part  of  the  Probably  very  few  readers  of 

Poultry  Industry:  *'?'^  catalogue  ^rafe  what  a 
big  institution  the  Cyphers 
Incubator  Company's  factory  is.  And  the  size  of  this 
company's  manufacturing  plant  at  Buffalo  and  its 
§140,000.00  poultry  food  and  alfalfa  mill  at  Chicago 
(for  picture  of  new  poultry  food  mill  see  page  114)  the 
mere  size  of  these  establishments  is  a  BIG  FACT  in 
the  present  magnitude  of  the  Poultry  Industry  of 
America. 

It  is  because  of  the  personal  and  financial  interest 
of  every  Cyphers  Company  customer  in  the  goods 
turned  out  by  our  factory  that  we  are  going  to  devote 
four  or  five  pages  of  this  annual  catalogue  to  publishing 
a  few  pictures  and  relating  a  few  facts,  illustrating  and 
describing  the  importance  and  value  of  this  part  of 
our  all-round  "Service"  in  your  behalf. 


FIVE  FACTORY  FOREMEN  WHO  HAVE  BEEN  WITH  CYPHERS  COMPANY  CONTINUOUSLY 
FOR  PERIODS  OF  FROM  TWELVE  TO  FIFTEEN  YEARS. 


CYPHERS  COMPANY  FACTORY  FACILITIES 


The  limited  number  of  fac- 
tory pictures  shown  herewith — 
machines,  dies,  etc. — are  merely 
suggestive.  For  groups  of  pic- 
tures showing  men  at  work  (pic- 
tures made  from  photographs) 
see  pages  36, 38  and  40.  In  look- 
ing at  these  sample  pictures  you 
will  need  to  imagine  an  establish- 
ment that  last  season  manufact- 
ured complete  Standard  Cyphers 
Incubaiors  at  the  rate  of  more 
than  5,000  in  the  twenty-six  work 
days  of  the  month;  that  during 
the  same  twenty-six  days  turned 
out  5,627  brooding  devices,  also 
3,352  other  separate  and  com- 
plete poultry  appliances,  each  one 
finished  and  ready  for  sale — ready 
for  shipment.  --  To  do  this  required 
a  small  army  of  men.  For 
example,  March  15,  1911,  there  were  551  persons  on  the 
payroll. 

Please  note  the  interesting  picture  in  the  center 
of  page  36.  This  illustration  was  made  from  a 
photograph  taken  beside  the  Erie  Canal  at  a  point 
just  back  of  our  factory  and  lumber  yards.  Season 
after  season  we  buy  our  white  pine  lumber  in  the 
Northwest,  direct  from  the  forest  mills  and  bring  it 
to  Buffalo  by  the  cargo — a  shipload  and  sometimes 
two  shiploads  in  one  order.  By  this  means  we  are 
able  to  buy  lumber  at  as  low  prices  as  the  large  whole- 
sale lumber  dealers  can  buy  it^and  this  also  means 
something  to  our  customers. 

It  will  be  news  even  to  our  old-time  friends  to 
learn  that  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  has  designed. 


STEEL  "FORM"  OR  GLUE  PRESS. 
In  Presses  like  this  all  Panels  for  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  are  Drawn 
Into  Proper  Shape  and  Held  Until  the  Glue  "  sets  "  or  hardens. 


LARGE  SIZE  MACHINISTS  LATHE. 
Used  in  Machine  Shop  for  makine  ni<"5.  Patterns,  Tools,  Parts  for  Special  Machinery,  Etc. 


constructed  and  erected  a  good  portion  of  its  own 
special  machinery — both  wood-working  and  metal- 
working  machines.  We  make  most  of  our  own  steel 
dies  and  all  of  the  brass  patterns  that  are  used  in 
molding  castings  by  the  tens  and  hundreds  of  thousands. 
See  pictures  herewith  made  from  photographs  showing 
lathes,  giant  draw-press,  stamping  machines,  steel  dies, 
gang  patterns  for  making  castings  in  duplicate,  etc.,  etc. 
"In  duplicate" — that  is  the  idea!  Everj'thing 
true  and  correct  to  the  fraction  of  an  inch  in  the  steel 
dies  and  patterns — then  every  metal  piece  cut,  stamped 
and  fashioned  in  exact  counterpart  of  everj'  other  piece 
or  article  that  is  meant  to  be  just  like  it. 

It   took  years  of    hard  work — of  study,  experi- 
menting  and   observation  to    design  and  perfect    the 

Cyphers    Company   line    of     incubators, 

brooders,  self-regulating  hovers,  etc.,  and 
it  took  almost  as  long  to  complete  the  me- 
chanical arrangements  that  now  enable  us 
-  to  manufacture  these  goods  in  a  satisfac- 
tory manner  —  expertly,  durably,  every 
article  exactly  like  its  mates.  In  numerous 
cases  the  tools  and  machines  with  which 
to  do  this  work  and  do  it  right  had  to  be 
invented,  as  well  as  the  goods  themselves. 

Number  Of  Parts       O^hand,  how 

many  of  our 
InNo.  3  Incubator:  readers  would 
guess  that  there  are  372  separate  and 
distinct  pieces  in  a  complete  No.  3  Standard 
Cyphers  lamp-heated  incubator.  Probably 
not  one  person  in  five  hundred.  Yet  such 
is  the  case,  and  every  separate  piece  must 
be  on  hand  in  many,  many  duplicates  be- 
fore a  "shop  order"  can  be  put  through  our 
factory  for  600,  800,  1,000  or  1,200  incuba- 
tors of  any  one  of  the  four  sizes  "  at 
a  run." 


CYPHERS  COMPANY  FACTORY  FACILITIES 


SAMPLES  OF  BIG  STEEL  DIES. 

Used  with  Giant  Draw  Press  shown  below.    Several  of  these  large  Steel 

Dies  weigh  300  pounds  apiece. 


brooders,  no  matter  how  hard 
they  might  try,  unless  they  were 
to  use  hand  tools  to  cut  and  fit 
them — which  of  course  is  out  of  the 
question  in  a  big  factory  where  the 
men  work  in  "teams,"  each  man  and 
each  team  doing  some  separate  part 
of  the  work  and  being  under  the 
necessity  of  doing  that  part  on 
schedule  time  so  that  there  shall  be 
no  stoppage  in  the  line  of  goods 
going  through — no  piling  up  that 
would  mean  serious  delay  and  at 
once  attract  the  attention  of  the  fore- 
man of  the  department. 


Not  only  are  the  metal  parts  of  Cyphers  Incuba- 
tors and  Brooders  made  in  duplicate,  with  painstaking 
care  and  precision,  but  every  practical,  mechanical 
device  known  to  the  wood-working  trades  is  employed 
by  us  to  make  sure  that  all- wooden  parts  •  of  these 
"standardized"  and  standard-built  incubators  and 
brooders  are  just  right — will  exactly  fit  in  the  places 
where  they  belong — can  be  "assembled"  in  a  way  that 
will  produce  a  perfect,  finished  article. 

Fact  is,  these  wooden  parts  are  so  made  and  so 
handled  that  they  cannot  be  put  together  wrong — 
not  even  if  a  new  or  careless  workman  were  to  try  to 
doit.  For  example,  note  the  picture  on  page  18,  show- 
ing one  of  the  heavy  and  substantial  steel  frames  used 
for  "forming"  incubator  panels — the  panels  that  make  up 
the  top,  back  and  ends  of  a  Standard  Cyphers. 

First,  the  boards  are  ripped  and  dressed,  then 
tongued  and  grooved,  then  cut  to  right  lengths,  then  ten- 
oned— after  which  they  are  put  together  in  panel  form. 

After  the  center  pieces  are  put  in  place  and  just 
before  the  tenons  are  inserted  in  the  corresponding 
mortise,  the  tenons  and  grooves  are  treated  with  glue. 
Then  before  the  glue  hardens  or  "sets,"  each  panel  is 
placed  in  a  steel  form,  like  the  one  shown  on  page  18, 
and  strong  leverage  power  is  brought  to  bear  to  press 
it  into  position — into  the  exact  shape  of  the  thousands 
of  other  panels  of  the  same  size. 

Later  each  panel  is  put  through  the  sand-papering 
and  finishing  machines  and  comes  out  a  perfect  dupli- 
cate, ready  to  be  assembled  as  part  of  any  one  of  600 
to  1,200  incubators  of  the  same  size  that  are  put 
through  the  factory  on  the  same  "shop  order." 

gyjjl|.  ijj  PormS  E/very  mcuhatoT  and  every  htooder 
All  Rnilt  Alikp-  that  is  turned  out  of  the  Cyphers 
All  BUUt  Alike .    Company  Factory  is  cut  to  exact 

lengths,  is  built  in  forms  and  is  handled  in  such  manner 
that  it  would  be  impossible  to  find  one  of  these  articles 
that  was  not  correctly  put  together.  The  parts  simply 
have  to  be  right — otherwise  the  workmen  who  do  the 
forming  and  assembling  could  not  put  them  together — 
could    not     build     them    up    into     incubators     and 


For  example,  turn  to  page  108  of  this  book  and  read 
of  the  work  done  by  a  No.  2  Standard  Cyphers  incubator 
which  Frank  \'ernum  of  Altoona,  Kansas,  bought  of  our 
Kansas  City  Branch — we  do  not  know  when.  With 
this  machine  Mr.  Vernum  hatched  100  per  cent,  and 
99.1  per  cent,  of  the  fertile  eggs  entrusted  to  it, 
obtaining  478  chicks  from  480  eggs,  and  as  a  result 
he  won  first  prize  in  the  annual  hatching  contest 
conducted  by  the  Missouri  \'alley  Farmer,  an  Arthur 
Capper  paper,  published  at  Topeka,  Kansas,  that  has  a 
circulation  of  325,000  copies  per  month. 

It  is  not  known  to  us  when  Mr.  Vernum  bought 
this  incubator — we  have  not  asked  him  and  do  not 
care.  We  do  not  know  whether  the  machine  used  by 
Mr.  Vernum  w  this  contest  was  made  by  "us  last  season 


GIANT  DRAW  PRESS. 
Has  power  of  75  to  100  tons  and  is  capable  of  drawing  pans  24 
inches  in  diameter  and  12  inches  deep.    Used  for  Seamless  Lamp 
Bowls,  Hover  Radiators,  etc. 


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Photographic  Views  of  Home  Offices,  Buffalo,  N.   Y. 
-President  and  General  Manager.  2— Vice-President  and  Sales  Manager.     3 — General  Office. 
4 — Secretary  and  Publication  Department.    5 — Factory  Manager. 


CYPHERS  COMPANY  FACTORY  FACILITIES 


GANGS  OF  METAL  PATTERNS. 
Showing  a  few  of  the    "Gated"  Metal  Patterns    used  in  the 
foundry  for  Molding  Castings  for  Cyphers   Incubators,  Brooders, 
Hovers,  Etc. 

or  the  year  before,  or  five  or  six  years  ago — and  it 
makes  no  difference  to  any  one.  No  one  knew  at  the  time 
that  particular  machine  went  through  our  factory  and 
was  placed  in  our  warehouse,  whether  it  would  be 
shipped  westward  from  Buffalo  to  become  the  property 
of  Mr.  Vernum,  or  would  be  shipped  eastward  to 
Europe  or  to  South  Africa — or  be  sent  down  to  the 
Connecticut  Agricultural  College,  Storrs,  Conn.,  for 
use  in  hatching  wild  partridge 
eggs  at  the  rate  of  fifty  part- 
ridges from  fifty-one  fertile  eggs — • 
see  Professor  F.  H.  Stoneburn's 
report,  page  82. 


Exactly  As  Mr.Vernum's 

Represented:  No. 2 machine 

^  was — a  n  d    is 

— exactly  like  several  hundred 
others  that  were  put  through 
our  factory  at  the  same  time, 
on  the  same  "shop  order" — and 
it  is  for  such  reasons  that  our 
company  is  in  a  position  to 
GUARANTEE  each  and  every 
Standard  Cyphers  Incubator  to 
be  exactly  as  represented  in  our 
printed  matter  and  to  do  the  work 
claimed  for  it. 

Each  and  every  Standard 
Cyphers  Incubator  is  separately 
tested  as  to  automatic  regulation, 
before  it  is  crated  for  shipment 
and  an  expert  engineer,  in  the 
employ  of  the  Underwriters' 
Laboratories,  an  institution  con- 
;  National  Board 
of  Fire  Underwriters,  also  sepa- 
rately inspects  every  incubator 


and  brooder  manufactured  by  us  and  authorizes  the 
placing  thereon  of  an  official  brass  label,  in  conformity 
with  the  rigid  "Rules  and  Requirements"  of  the  associ- 
ated fiite  insurance  companies  doing  business  in  the 
United  States  and  Canada. 

For  full  particulars  about  the  fire-proof  and  insurable 
qualities  of  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders 
— oil  -  heated,  gas  -  heated,  electric  -  heated  and  coal  - 
heated — see  pages  50,  51  and  52  of  this  catalogue. 

As  a  rule  interested  persons  who  visit  our  factory 
and  are  shown  through  the  various  departments,  are 
truly  amazed  at  the  magnitude  of  the  plant,  at  the  high 
class  of  materials  used,  at  the  large  amount  of  special 
machinery  employed  and  at  the  great  pains  we  take  in 
having  every  article  jM5i  right  for  the  work  for  which  it 
is  intended. 

Yet  all  this  equipment  is  required  —  plus  long 
experience  and  skilled  labor,  in  turning  out  such  articles 
as  regulating  devices  and  water  thermostats  that  can 
be  relied  on  to  control  the  temperature  witlmi  a  fraction 
of  a  degree.  The  secret  of  the  success  of  Cyphers  Incu- 
bators as  the  "  world's  standard  hatching  machines  " 
is  to  be  found  not  alone  in  the  patented  principles 
embodied  in  their  construction,  but  also  in  the  high-class 
materials  and  superior  workmanship  that  invariably  are 
put  into  them 

Respectfully  yours, 
CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY, 
Buffalo  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A.,  December  1,  1911. 


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the  manufacture  of  Cyphi 
Brooders,  Hovers  and  other 
Poultrv  Appliances 


New  York  City  Branch  House,  Cyphers  Incubator  Company. 

2i  Bun-lay  Street.     W.  E.  French,  Manafier. 

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FIRE-PROOFED  AND  INSURABLE 

Guaranteed  Best  Hatchers  of  Largest  Percentages  of  Strong,  Vigorous,  Healthy 
Chicks.  Incubators  vs.  Hens.  Success  on  First  Trials.    Every  Machine  Warranted. 


POULTRY  RAISING  FOR  PROFIT  is  no  longer 
a  "pin  money"  affair.  Today  it  exists  in  one  of 
three  forms —  as  an  important  branch  of  farm 
woric,  or  as  a  regular  business,  or  as  a  money-making 
side  line  for  the  villager,  the  suburbanite  or  city 
dweller. 

In  whichever  class  you  may  be,  reader,  we  claim 
that  you  should  "mean  business" — that  you  ought  to 
have  the  right  kind  of  tools  with  which  to  do  your 
work. 

Buying  an  incubator  is  different  from  buying  any 
other  article  in  common  use.  A  farm  wagon,  a  piece 
of  household  furniture  or  a  jack  knife,  if  of  "cheap" 
make  and  inferior  quality  may  answer  the  purpose 
for  awhile  and  should  last  some  time,  but  with  an  incu- 
bator (or  a  brooder)  it  is  different — decidedly  so. 

And  the  reasons  are  plain.  An  incubator  deals 
with  the  life  principle!  It  must  be  relied  on  to  do  the 
delicate  work  of  producing  a  living  organism — a 
complete  chick  or  duckling  in  perfect  health,  with  all 
the  vitality  Nature  requires. 

This  matter  of  "vitality"  in  chicks  is  of  the  very 
highest  importance.  Here  lies  the  Secret  of  Success, 
or  a  hidden  rock  upon  which  an  otherwise  well 
planned  poultry  venture  will  meet  failure  and  heavy 
losses. 

It  is  not  alone  the  question  of  "how  many"  chicks, 
but  also  of  HOW  GOOD — of  how  strong,  vigorous 
and  healthy  they  are — how  well  hatched. 

The  hen  knows  how  to  produce  the  right  kind  of 
chicks.  Nature  has  taken  care  of  this — but  it  is  the 
fegretable  truth  that  vast  numbers  of  incubator  chicks 
are  hatched  every  season  which  stand  no  show  what- 
ever of  living  to  market  age,  on  account  of  the  flimsy, 
ill-constructed  "boxes"  in  which  they  are  "coaxed" 
into  life.  An  incubator,  to  do  its  work  right,  must 
meet  all  of  Nature's  requirements — it  must  not  stop 
half  way. 

We  could  easily  fill  this  catalogue  with  reports 
from  pleased  and  satisfied  Cyphers  Company  custo- 
mers, treating  on  this  one  point  alone — of  the  ease 
with  which  they  are  able  to  hatch  large  percentages  of 
big,  vitally  strong  and  perfectly  healthy  chicks  and 


ducklings  in  the  Standard  Cyphers,  but  must  be  con- 
tent with  a  few  sample  opinions  from  well-known 
sources,  as  follows: — 


tors  give  better  hatches  than  any  others  we  have  ever  tried.  We 
secure  good  percentages  of  strong,  healthy  chicks  from  the  fertile 
eggs.  One  point  in  particular  I  desire  to  call  attention  to:  Your 
incubator  is  simple  and  easy  to  operate.  Beginners  have  repeatedly 
secured  excellent  hatches  with  your  machines." — June  18,  1907. 

Horace  Atwood,  Assistant  Agriculturist,  W.  Va.  Agri- 
cultural Experiment  Station,  Morgantown. — "In  most  of  my 
experimental  work  during  several  years  I  have  used  the  Cyphers 
Incubators  on  account  of  the  uniformly  good  hatches  which  I 
have  been  able  to  obtain  with  them.  They  are  easily  regulated, 
run  like  clack  work,  the  loss  of  moisture  from  the  eggs  approximates 
very  closely  that  found  under  natural  conditions  and  the  chicks 
hatched  are  strong  and  vigorous." — Sept.  20,  1910. 

F.  S.  Keith,  Easton,  Mass. — "On  the  basis  of  long  experi- 
ence I  honestly  beheve  that  the  Cyphers  Incubators  are  the  best 
machines  made  for  hatching  both  ducks  and  chicks  I  am  now 
using  thirty-three  large  sized  Cyphers  and  this  last  season  I  had 
many  300-chick  hatches  some  of  these  hatches  reaching  320  good, 
With  duck  eggs  /  often  obtain  200  to  230 


eggs. 


Ha 


Cyphers  Incubators 
for  thirteen  years.'  — 
December  8.  1911. 

Geo.  P.  Hadley, 
Supt.,  The  Manse 
Farm,  Dennis, 
Mass. —  "We  have  m 
our  cellar  twelve  No 
3  Standard  Cyphers 
Incubators  which 
have  proved  satisfac- 
tory in  every  way  in 
hatching  duck  eggs 
I  find  that  with  half 
a  chance  they  will 
hatch  every  egg  that 
ought  to  hatch  and 
the  ducklings  are 
big.  fluSy  fellows  that 
live  and  growrapidlv  " 
—Sept.  16,  1909. 

A.  G.  Gilbert, 
Poultry  Instructor, 
Central  Experi- 
mental Farm,  De- 
partment of  Agri- 
culture, Ottawa, 
Canada.— "Give  the 
Standard  Cyphers 
Incubator  eggs  with 
germs  of  the  required 
strength,  and  it  will 
certainly  —  when  run 
as  per  directions — 
hatch  out  every  chicken 
worthattempting  to 


1909. 


-Sept 


25. 


"SURE   TO    HATCH    EVERY 
HATCHABLE  EGG." 

Photographic  picture  sent  to  us  by 
Albert  Downing,  South  Hampton,  N.  H.. 
who  says,  under  date  September  15,  1911: 
"Last  January  we  purchased  one  No.  1 
and  two  No.  2  Cyphers  Incubators.  Have 
found  them  sure  to  hatch  every  hatchable 
egi-  By  comparative  tests  with  incu- 
bators and  hens,  the  Cyphers  Incubators 
hatched  about  five  per  cent,  more  than  the 
hens,  while  the  chicks  were  equally  strong 
and  vigorous,  and   had   rapid   growth." 


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Boston  Branch  House,  Cyphers  Incubator  Company. 
12-14  Canal  Street.     George  C.  Prouty,  Manager. 


STANDARD  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS— THE  WORK  THEY  DO 


W.  R.  Sprenkle,  Manager  Mentzer  Duck  Farm,  Waynes- 
boro. Pa. —  "Up  to  August  1st  I  hatched  19,525  ducks  in  your 
machines.  This  excellent  hatching  is  not  all  of  it  by  any  means, 
lor  I  find  that  your  machines  hatch  ducks  thai  live — big,  strong  ones; 
not  Utile  puny  ducks  like  some  incubators  hatch." — August  3,  1908. 

J.  L.  Jefferson,  White  Rock  Specialist,  Des  Plaines,  111.— 
"Have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  continuously  for  the  past  eleven 
years  and  have  as  yet  to  find  a  better  machine.  Your  incubator 
not  only  hatches  well,  but,  what  is  still  moie  of  importance,  the 
chicks  live.  Have  raised  something  over  90  per  cent,  of  the  chicks. 
This  year  I  broke  the  record  by  raising  over  98  per  cent.  This 
shows  what  well  hatciied  will  do,  because  a  well  hatched  chick  is  half 
raised."— October  20,  1909. 

U.  R.  Flshel,  White  Rock  SpeciaUst,  Hope,  Ind.— "We 
hatched  and  reared  something  hke  four  thousand  birds  last  season 
by  the  use  of  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders,  and  never  before  had 
as  strong  chicks  as  we  have  this  year.     Our  personal  e.xperi- 

cnce  with  your  Incubators  and  Brooders  is  absolute  proof,  reaching 
back  through  a  period  of  ten  years,  that  by  the  use  of  Cyphers  Incu- 
bators and  Brooders  as  fine  fowls  can  be  produced  year  after  year 
as  by  the  hen  method — and  at  very  much  less  expense." — Decem- 
ber 22,  1911. 

Many  more  similar  reports^— equally  favorable — 
will  be  found  in  the  back  pages  of  this  book. 

AN  INCUBATOR'S  SEVEREST  TEST 

The  severest  test  of  a  strictly  first-class,  depend- 
able incubator  is  the  success  had  with  it  by  poultry 
breeders  whose  business  is  to  produce  standard  fowls 
of  the  highest  exhibition  quality — the  blue-ribbon 
winners  at  the  hundreds  of  winter  poultry  shows  and 
fall  fairs  held  every  season.  If  an  incubator  will  turn 
out,  year  after  year,  the  kind  of  chickens  these 
breeders  of  prize  stock  have  to  produce — big,  large- 
boned,  deep-breasted,  up-in-weight  specimens,  in  per- 
fect health  and  condition,  we  may  be  very  sure  that 
here  we  have  a  "hatching  machine"  of  the  right 
construction  and  highest  practical  value.  It  simply 
could  not  be  otherwise. 

We  therefore  ask  you,  reader,  to  turn  to  the  sec- 
tion of  our  catalogue  headed  "Foremost  American 
Poultry  Breeders"  and  read  what  the  best-known  and 
most  successful  men  in  this  branch  of  the  industry 
have  to  say,  under  recent  dates,  about  the  kind  of 
chicks  they  are  able  to  hatch  right  along,  season 
after  season,  in  Cyphers  Incubators.  We  believe  that 
their  reports  will  prove  to  be  a  revelation  to  you. 

Here  are  a  few  examples: 

Wm.  McNeil,  London,  Can.,  Exhibitor  of  International 
Reputation. — "I  showed  twenty-eight  birds  at  Boston  last  winter, 
all  hatched  in  your  machines.  They  won  twenty-eight  first  prizes 
and  all  specials  offered  on  their  varieties.  I  can  highly  recommend 
vour  machines  to  any  one  who  wants  to  have  large,  strong  chicks." 
—August  6,  1908. 

Edgar  A.  Weimar,  Lebanon.  Pa.,  Capitalist  and  Poultry 
Fancier. — "Your  machines  produce  better  lesuKs  and  hatch  stronger 
chicks,  with  less  care,  than  any  other  machine  I  ever  operated. 
In  our  past  twenty-four  years  in  the  poultry  business  we  have 
never  before  hatched  such  a  large  number  of  strong  chicks.  We  give 
your  machines  credit  for  this,  as  we  use  them  entirely.  I  have 
won  about  three  hundred  prizes  at  the  Madison  Square  Garden. 
New  York  City,  America's  foremost  poultry  show,  on  birds  hatched 
in  your  machines." — October  24,  1909. 

Ernest  Kellerstrass,  Proprietor  Kellerstrass  Farm,  Kan- 
sas City  Mo. — "Ninety-two  per  cent,  of  the  222  White  Orpington 
hens  from  which  I  sold,  during  the  spring  of  1910,  4,534  eggs  at 
S2.00  per  cjg,  or  for  $9,068,  were  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators. 
.  My  four  premier  hens  and  the  Crystal  King  cockerel,  from  which  I 
sold  eggs  last  spring  at  $10.00  each,  were  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incu- 
bators— every  one  of  them.  The  five  White  Orpingtons  that  I 
sold  to  Madame  Paderewski  for  $7,500  also  were  hatched  in  your 
machines.  We  use  no  other  make  of  incubator  on  my  farm  and  we 
cannot  afford  to  waste  the  time  of  hens  acting  as  sitters  and  brood- 
ing mothers;  therefore  every  chicken  hatched  on  Kellerstrass  Farm 
is  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators."— September  27,  1910. 


Maurice  F.  Delano,  Manager  Owen  Farms,  Vineyard 
Haven,  Mass.,  breeders  of  Barred  and  White  Plymouth 
Rocks,  White  Wyandottes,  Rhode  Island  Reds  and  Buff, 
White  and  Black  Orpingtons. — "Hundreds  of  grand  exhibition 
and  breeding  birds  have  been  hatched  by  us  in  your  machines, 
including  many  of  the  great  national  winners.  The  Cyphers  Incu- 
bators have  distanced  all  other  makes  tested  by  us  during  the  last 
ten  years."— November  4,  1909. 

Eleanore  Minorca  Farm,  M.  W.  Brown,  Prop.,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal. — "I  can  recommend  the  Cyphers  to  any  one  needing 
an  incubator  because  it  will  bring  out  strong,  well-developed  chickens. 
Have  used  three  of  your  240-egg  size  for  six  years  and  they  have 
brought  out  chicks  for  me  that  have  won  the  majority  of  first  prizes 
on  Black  Minorcas  in  Southern  California's  largest  shows." — July 
26,  1910. 

Chas.  V.  Keeler,  Winamac,  Ind.,  Poultry  Judge  and 
Specialty  Breeder  of  White  Wyandottes. —  "I  tried  about  a 
dozen  widely-advertised  makes  of  incubators  and  could  not  hatch 
chickens  satisfactorily  with  any  of  them.  Invariably  the  chicks  lacked 
vitality.  But  the  chicks  hatched  in  the  Cyphers  are  really  stronger 
than  those  hatched  under  hens  and  develop  into  larger  and  finer  prize- 
winning  specimens.  They  have  included  my  $500  cock.  Chief 
Winamac,  and  Chief  Winamac  II,  which  I  value  at  $1,000."— Octo- 
ber 7,  1909. 

Bertha  M.  Story,  Proprietor  Rose  Mar  Poultry  Yards, 
Oregon  City,  Ore.,  breeders  of  several  popular  varieties. — 
"The  Cyphers  Incubator  is  the  only  one  I  have  used  for  five  years.  I 
was  the  exhibitor  at  the  Alaska-Yukon-Pacific  Exposition  who  won 
on  every  entry,  with  137  entries.  Every  one  of  these  birds  was  of 
my  own  breeding  and  every  one  was  hatched  in  a  Cyphers  Incubator.  I 
rarely  have  less  than  a  90  per  cent,  hatch  of  good,  strong  chicks. 
There  are  plenty  of  machines  that  will  hatch  eggs — but  to  get  good, 
strong,  healthy,  hungry  chicks  that  will  begin  to  grow  before  the  down 
is  dry  on  them,  that  is  another  story — unless  one  uses  the  Cyphers." 
—November  22,  1911. 

Please  bear  in  mind  that  a  merely  "built  to  sell" 
incubator  is  a  losing  proposition  right  from  the  start. 
First  to  last  it  will  never  give  you  the  right  kind,  or 
the  right  number  of  chicks.  And  it  is  no  respector 
of  eggs — fertile  or  infertile,  fancy  sittings  or  eggs  bought 
at  a  store  are  all  alike  to  the  "bargain  machine." 
The  cheap,  flimsily-built,  wrongly-constructed  incu- 
bator starts  working  against  your  interests  as  soon 
as  it  starts  doing  anything  at  all. 

GOOD  EGGS— BIG  HATCHES 

The  number  of  chicks  you  are  able  to  hatch,  trial 
after  trial,  from  any  given  number  of  eggs,  counts 
and  counts  big,  as  a  matter  of  course.  The  kind  of 
chicks  —  the  quality  being  right,  then  numbers 
hatched  is  the  question  of  next  greatest  importance. 


Ip^ii^R?^. 


SINGLE  HATCH  FROM  A  NO.  3  CYPHERS. 
326  White  Leghorn  and  Rhode  Island  Red  Chicks  hatched  on 
Avondale  Poultry  Farm,  Hayden.  Idaho.  Said  H.  F.  Rau.  Man- 
ager: "There  are  326  chicks  in  the  trays.  This  good  hatch  speaks 
for  itself,  and  is  only  one  of  the  large  number  of  similar  hatches  we 
have  had." 


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Chicago  Branch  House,  Cyphers  Incubator  Company. 

340-342  North  Clark  Street.     Sidney  A.  Smith,  Manager. 


STANDARD  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS— THE  WORK  THEY  DO 


A  COMPARISON  OF  HATCHES 

Oftentimes  a  picture — or  pictures —  make  plain  a 
fact  or  condition  where  printed  words  fail  to  do  so. 
We  present  below  two  reproductions  of  photographs, 
one  showing  a  hatch  of  63  chicks  from  120  fertile  eggs, 
the  other  a  hatch  of  104  chicks  from  120  fertile  eggs. 

There  is  nothing  remarkable  about  a  hatch  of 
104  chicks  from  120  fertile  eggs  —  not  if  a  Cyphers 
Incubator  is  used.  For  proof  of  that  statement,  turn 
to  the  back  pages  of  this  catalogue  and  read  the 
sample  reports  given.  That,  however,  is  not  the 
point.  The  idea —  the  bed-rock  fact  which  we  wish 
to  convey  is  this — and  we  make  the  statement  on 
the  business  reputation  of  our  company: — 

The  first  picture — Fig.  1 — represents  about  the 
average  number  of  chicks  it  is  possible  to  hatch,  the 
season  through,  with  low-priced,  cheaply-built  incu- 
bators of  whatever  make,  whereas  Fig.  2  fairly  repre- 
sents the  average  hatch  that  any  careful  operator  can 
obtain  season  after  season,  for  a  period  of  ten  to  fifteen 
years,  by  the  use  of  Cyphers  Incubators. 

This  is  a  clear  statement  of  the  situation — and 
we  ask  you,  reader,  to  figure  out  for  yourself  what  it 
means  to  you. 

Multiply  63  chickens  by  ten  and  we  have  630;  by 
twenty  and  we  have  1,260;  by  fifty  and  we  have  3,050. 

Multiply  104  chickens  by  ten  and  we  have  1,040;  by 
twenty  and  we  have  2,080;  by  fifty  and  we  have  5,200. 

Next  deduct  3,050  chickens  from  5,200  and  we 
have  left  2,150  chickens,  which  represents  the  differ- 
ence in  hatching  ability  of  a  strictly  first-class  incu- 
bator and  the  average  low-priced  incubator. 

On  the  fairness  of  this  statement — on  the  correct- 
ness of  this  comparison,  you  can  rely  just  as  sure  as 
one  day  follows  another. 

We  know  whereof  we  speak — and  in  your  best 
interests  you  should  know  also. 

LOSS  IS  DOUBLE— AND  SEVERE 

The  person  who  is  planning  to  hatch  one  thousand 
chicks  in  a  season  will  want  to  deduct  630  chickens 
from  1,040;  the  person  who  would  like  to  hatch  two 
thousand  chicks  in  a  single  season  should  deduct  1,260 
from  2,080,  and  the  person  who  plans  to  hatch  five 
thousand  or  more  chickens  in  one  season  should  deduct 


3,050  chicks  from  5,200 — in  order  to  get  the  correct 
difference  as  a  basis  for  figuring  the  double  loss. 

This  "double  loss"  consists,  first,  in  the  waste  of  val- 
uable fertile  eggs  which,  on  account  of  imperfect  incuba- 
tion, do  not  hatch — that  fail  to  produce  chicks;  second, 
in  the  largely  reduced  number  of  chicks  the  poultry 
raiser  has  to  work  with — that  he  can  raise  to  market 
age,  no  matter  what  kind  of  a  market  is  in  sight. 

The  loss  of  fertile  eggs  and  of  time,  labor  and  oil 
is  bad  enough.  This  loss  alone,  on  one  incubator  in 
a  single  season  will  amount  to  more  than  enough  to 
pay  the  difference  between  a  low-priced,  63-chick-hatch 
"bargain"  incubator  and  a  first-class,  104-chick-hatch 
standard  machine.  Thousands  of  poultry  raisers 
have  found  this  to  be  the  case!  Many  of  our  best 
pleased  customers  are  men  and  women  who  first  tried 
a  cheap  make,  then  decided  to  buy  a  real  incubator. 

But  it  is  in  the  shortage  of  chicks  that  the  most 
severe  loss  occurs.  It  is  of  course  impossible  to  raise 
and  sell  at  a  profit  the  chicks  that  did  not  hatch  out — 
the  thirty  to  fifty  eggs  in  every  hundred  fertile  ones 
that  failed  to  hatch.  Here  the  success  of  the  sea- 
son's work — of  your  entire  poultry  venture  is  at  stake. 

Poor  hatches  mean  small  profits — or  none  at 
all.  It  is  not  the  first  fifty  chicks  you  hatch  out  of 
each  one  hundred  fertile  eggs  that  will  give  you  your 
profits — it  is  the  number  of  good,  healthy,  vigorous 
chicks  above  fifty  that  must  be  relied  on  to  make  your 
poultry  work  a  success. 

We  have  referred  to  the  loss  during  one  season 
only.  Any  well-made,  high-grade,  incubator  should 
last  and  do  excellent  work  for  at  least  ten  years.  In 
this  event  we  need  to  multiply  the  cheap  incubator 
losses  by  ten — yes,  by  more  than  ten,  because  the 
flimsily-built  machine  will  go  entirely  out  of  service 
within  one  to  three  years. 

As  manufacturers  of  high-class  goods — of  incuba- 
tors, brooders  and  general  poultry  supplies,  every  one  of 
which  is  guaranteed  to  do  satisfactory  work,  we  believe 
we  are  justified — that  it  is  part  of  our  duty  to  warn 
our  readers  not  to  risk  the  success  of  their  poultry 
ventures,  small  or  large,  upon  the  use  of  cheap  incu- 
bators or  worthless,  death-trap  brooders.  And  we  regret 
to  say  that  such  articles  are  on  sale — plenty  of  them. 


AN  AVERAGE  "FAIR"  HATCH. 
Fig.  1.— Sixty-three  Chicks  from  120  fertile  eggs.    This  would 
be  called  a  good  average  hatch  from  a  cheaply-built  incubator. 


WHAT  WE  CALL  A  GOOD  HATCH. 
Fig.  2. — One  hundred  and  four  Chicks  from  120  fertile  eggs. 
It  is  from  the  number  of  Chicks  between  63  and  104  that  the 
profits  are  to  be  made.. 


Kansas  City  Branch  House,  Cyphers  Incubator  Company. 
317-319  Southwest  Boulevard.     G.  H.  Black,  Manager. 


STANDARD  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS— THE  WORK  THEY  DO 


THEY  ARE   "CHICKEN  FACTORIES" 

It  is  indeed  remarkable  what  good  hatching  a 
first-class  incubator  will  do.  Season  after  season  users 
of  Cyphers  Incubators  get  300  to  380  chicks  in  single 
trials  from  our  No.  3,  390-egg  size;  get  hatches  of  200 
to  235  chicks  from  our  No.  2,  240-egg  machine,  and 
get  100  to  140  chick  hatches  from  the  No.  1,  144-egg 
Standard  Cyphers.  Following  are  a  few  samples 
selected  at  random  from  the  hundreds  of  recent  reports 
we  have  on  file: — 

Geo.  A.  Libhart,  in  Charge  of  Poultry  Dept.,  Miniboya 
Farm,  Drewrys  Bluff,  Va. — "I  take  pleasure  in  reporting  the 
great  success  I  have  had  in  the  operation  for  the  twelfth  year  of 
Cyphers  Incubators,  as  poultryman  in  charge.  At  this  farm  I 
have  averaged  better  than  85  per  cent,  of  all  the  fertile  eggs.  On 
seven  occasions  I  hatched  96-97-97-96-94-99-99  per  cent,  of  the 

fertile  eggs.     In  repeated  tests  with machines  the  Cyphers 

not  only  out-hatched  them  but  every  chick  hatched  was  a 
strong,  want-to-live  one.  We  hatched  over  2.800  chicks  in  twenty- 
one  days  with  your  machines.  I  can  only  repeat  what  others  say, 
that  "Cyphers  Company  leads,  others  foUow." — June  10,   1911. 

Mrs.  C.  A.  Peabody,  Reedsburg,  Wis.— "I  took  400  eggs 
in  my  No.  3  Cyphers  Incubator  to  the  Reedsburg  Fair.  1  live  six 
miles  from  town  and  took  the  machine  on  a  lumber  wagon  the  first 
day  of  the  fair,  August  9th,  and  out  ot  the  400  eggs  I  got  393  chicks, 
all  very  smart — not  a  cripple  in  the  lot." — September  5,  1910. 

Frederick  H.  Bates,  Maplehurst  Poultry  Farm,  South 
Hanover,  Mass. — "I  have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  for  the  past 
ten  years  and  have  found  them  to  be  perfectly  satisfactory  in 
every  respect.  Last  seasoil  with  three  of  your  400-egg  machines 
1  hatched  and  sold  4,400  day-old  chicks,  and  hatched  out  over  a 
thousand  for  myself.  Your  incubators  are  certainly  the  maximum 
of  efficiency  and  the  minimum  of  trouble." — November  25, 1911. 

W.  B.  Edwards,  Garnett,  S.  C— "I  took  off  my  second 
hatch  of  chickens  this  morning.  Out  of  230  tested  eggs  I  got  230 
strong  chicks — Plymouth  Rocks.  My  first  hatch  came  off  with  174 
nice  lively  chickens  from  180  fertile  eggs." — April  IS,  1910. 

Wittenwald  Park  Poultry  Farm,  Freeport,  111.— "We 
now  use  nothing  but  Cyphers  Incubators  and  have  found  them 
very  satisfactory.  In  fact,  we  threw  out  eight  incubators  of  other 
makes,  having  found  the  Cyphers  the  most  satisfactory  in  opera- 
ting, and  in  producing  a  large,  strong  and  healthy  chick.  In  the 
last  hatch  in  three  incubators  the  result  was  as  follows:  390-egg 
machine,  326  fertile  eggs,  hatched  318;  240-egg  machine,  211 
fertile  eggs,  hatched  202;  240-egg  machine,  216  fertile  eggs,  hatched 
204  chicks."— November  15,  1911. 

1,586  FERTILE  EGGS— 1,454  CHICKS 

Rockford,  111.,  June  25,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

No  doubt  you  think  I'm  lost — I  am  here  and  so  are  the 
chickens!     I  am  glad  to  report  my  first  Jive  hatches: — 

First     hatch  346  Chicks  from     350  Fertile  Eggs 


Third       "  288        "        "  330 

Fourth    "  260         "        "  287 

Fifth        •'  300         "        "  325         ■• 

Total,  1,454        "       "      1,586        "  *: 

Remember,  I  am  a  beginner,  and  that's  going  some  I  Never 
used  an  incubator  before — you  don't  need  to.  if  it's  a  Cyphers.  Ten 
minutes  a  day  is  all  I  spent  with  my  two  No.  3  machines.  I  have 
no  time  to  talk  to  any  one  who  says  "it  beats  the  Cyphers." 

THEO.  R.  BROWN,  233  Hinckley  Ave. 
(NOTE — Herewith  is  shown  one  of  Mr.  Brown's  hatches,  con- 
sisting of  Barred  Plymouth  Rock  cliicks.) 

FOUR  BIG  HATCHES— WEATHER  HOT 

Livermore,  Cal.,  Sept.  4,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

Following  are  four  consecutive  hatches  made  by  us  in  one  of  your 
No.  3.  Incubators — 400  eggs  placed  in  machine  each  time  at  the 
start: — First  hatch  gave  us  325  chicks;  second  hatch,  320  chicks; 
third  hatch,  332  chicks;  fourth  hatch,  345  chicks. 

Several  days  during  last  two  hatches  the  temperature  in  shade 
outside  of  incubator  house  reached  108  degrees.  Machine  regulated 
perfectly.  Have  had  experience  with  five  other  makes  and  do  not 
believe  any  of  them  could  have  stood  this  test.  No  better  looking 
birds  to  be  found  anywhere.  J.  H.  BROWN. 


"BEST  ON  THE  MARKET" 

Black  Hall,  Conn..  November  5,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo.  N.  Y .— 

I  have  used  several  makes  of  incubators  and  brooders  duiing 
the  past  twelve  years,  but  take  great  pleasure  in  stating  that  after 
several  years'  experience  with  the  Standard  Cyphers  there  is  no  doubt 
in  my  mind  but  that  your  incubators  and  brooders  are  the  best  on  the 
market.  Your  self-regulating,  self-ventilating  and  non-moisture 
incubator  is  the  easiest  to  operate  and  brings  out  more  and  stronger 
chicks  and  ducklings  than  any  other  machine  I  ever  used.  ■  If  the 
eggs  are  fertile  it  is  no  trouble  to  hatch  out  a  good  percentage  of 
the  chicks  in  a  Standard  Cyphers,  and  when  entrusted  to  your 
brooders  a  larger  number  of  the  chicks  can  be  brought  to  maturity 
than  by  any  other  method  or  system  of  brooding. 

Following  is  a  report  of  a  few  of  my  recent  hatches: — 

No.  Eggs  Set     Fertile  Eggs     Chicks  Hatched 
No.  2  Incubator  244  Hen  217  203 

No.  3  Incubator  390  Hen  347  342 

No.  3  Incubator  390  Hen  333  321 

No.  3  Incubator  200  Duck  153  142 

From  the  last  hatch  of  ducks,  which  were  strong,  healthy 
fellows,  I  raised  every  one.  All  the  chicks  hatched  were  strong 
and  healthy.  Yours  truly, 

BLACK  HALL  POULTRY  FARM, 

Louis  T.  Cooper,  Manager. 

Note,  please,  that  every  report  published  in  this 
catalogue,  front  to  back,  is  dated  and  the  name  and 
full  address  of  the  writer  is  given  in  each  case.  Every 
report  we  publish  is  absolutely  genuine  and  readers 
of  this  catalogue  are  at  full  liberty  to  write  any  person 
whose  name  appears  in  these  pages. 

UNIFORMLY  GOOD  HATCHES 

At  this  point  if  you  are  planning  to  buy  an  incu- 
bator with  which  to  make  money,  let  us  caution  you 
not  to  be  misled  by  reports  of  single  hatches,  nor 
by  the  fairly  good  work  a  cheap  incubator  may  do  for 
one  season.  It  takes  more  than  one  swallow  to  make 
a  summer — also  more  than  one  or  two  good  hatches  to 
"prove  up"  a  trustworthy,  dependable  incubator. 

When  all  the  conditions  are  favorable — in  May 
or  June,  for  example — a  cracker-box  with  a  foot-warm- 
ing pan  in  it  can  be  "coaxed"  to  hatch  hen  eggs.  And 
as  for  brooding  the  chicks,  an  inverted  tomato  can  and 
a  tallow  dip  placed  under  a  soap  box,  will  suffice — in 
sunny  June-time! 

It  is  little  wonder,  therefore,  that  all  sorts  of  crude, 
cheaply-built,  catch-penny  devices  have  been  placed 
on  the  market,  one  after  another,  by  makers  and 
dealers  who  know  little  and  care  less  about  the 
essentials  of  success  in  raising  poultry  for  profit. 


A  BEGINNER'S  FIRST  HATCH. 

Picture  (from  photograph)  shows  hatch  of  346  Chicks  from  350 

eggs  in  No.  3  Cyphers  made  by  Theo.  R.  Brown.  Rockford,  111. 

Said  Mr.  Brown,  June  25,  1910:     "I  am  sending  picture  of  my  first 

hatch— 346  big,   lively  'peeps'   from  350  eggs.      Not  bad  for  a 


Pacific  Coast  Branch  House,  Cyphers  Incubator  Company. 
1569-1571  Broadwajr,  Oakland,  Cal.     W.  E.  Draper, 

30 


STANDARD  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS— THE  WORK  THEY  DO 

RECORD  OF  TWELVE  HATCHES 

Jacksonville,  Fla.,  November  7,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.~ 

operated  two  No.  2  Cyphers  Incubators  five  months  con- 


But  if  it  is  your  earnest  wish  to  make  out  of  poul- 
try raising  all  there  is  in  it,  what  jou  require  in  an 
incutator  or  a  brooder  is  not  a  fair-weather  machine, 
nor  a  toy,  but  a  correctly-designed,  substantiall>'-built, 
well-insulated  standard  article,  automatic  in  action, 
that  can  be  relied  on  to  do  uniformly  good  work 
throughout  the  hatching  and  brooding  season  no 
matter  what  the  weather  conditions  may  be. 

Large,  single  hatches  show  what  an  incubator  can 
do,  but  it  takes  far  more  than  "an  occasional"  good 
hatch  to  prove  that  an  incubator  is  dependable — 
that  it  is  the  "hatching  machine"  you  should  adopt  as 
the  foundation  of  your  persona?  success  in  any  branch 
of  the  poultry  business. 

Following  are  sample  reports  from  customers 
of  ours  who  tell  of  the  uniformly  big  hatches 
obtained  by  them  during  periods  ranging  from  three 
months  to  twelve: — 

"WHICH  IS  PRETTY  GOOD  FOR  A  BEGINNER" 

Prospect,  Ohio,  November  10,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.~ 

Just  a  few  words  to  let  you  know  we  have  been  treated  fine  by 
your  company  and  can  praise  your  products  very  highly,  especially 
your  Incubators  and  Poultry  Foods.     Following  is  report  of  my 
five  hatches  with  one  of  your  No.  3  machines  last  season: — 
March  26,  Set  350  eggs.  Hatched  310  chicks 
April  17, 
May  10, 


334     " 


298 


The  above  shows  an  average  of  88  per  cent.,  which  is  pretty 
good  for  a  beginner.  Yours  respectfully, 

H.  E.  CAST. 
Breeder  of  S.  C.  White  Leghorns,  Wycoff  Strain. 

HATCHES  OF  330  TO  371  CHICKS 

Petaluma,  Cal.,  June  23,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

Am  pleased  to  advise  you  that  we  are  having  fine  success  with 
our  fourteen  Cyphers  Incubators,  No.  3  size.  Have  been  success- 
ful with  other  makes;  the  results,  however,  have  not  been  nearly  so 
satisfactory  as  with  the  Cyphers,  from  which  we  averaged  to  hatch 
more  than  75  per  cent,  of  the  whole  number  of  eggs  set,  obtaining 
from  330  to  371  good,  strong,  vigorous  chicks  every  hatch  from  your 
No.  3  machines.  Our  first  hatch  this  season  came  off  January  28th 
and  we  have  turned  out  more  than  20,000  fine,  healthy  chicks  to 
date — Single  Comb  Brown  Leghorn  stock. 

Yours  truly,  C.  FLEWWELLING. 


7,000  CHICKS  FROM  ONE  MACHINE 


Holbrook,  Mass.  In  this  case  more  than  7,000  chicks  were  hatched 
in  one  No.  3  Cyphers  Incubator  within  a  period  of  twenty  months. 
Most  of  the  eggs  used  were  from  Barred  Plymouth  Rocks,  Light 
Brahmas  and  White  Plymouth  Rocks,  though  some  were  mixed 
fowls  such  as  are  still  found  on  many  farms.  Said  Mr.  Polkinghorn; 
"I  put  eggs  in  my  machine  two  or  three  times  after  being  under 
hens  twenty  days,  so  that  I  probably  hatched  all  of  7.000  or  more 
chicks  in  the  one  machine,  but  the  totals  given  are  for  eggs  taken 
care  of  by  the  machine  the  full  time." 

Following  are  the  chicks  obtained  by  Mr.  Polkinghorn,  one 
hatch  after  another: — 

"March  6,  284;  March  29,  254;  April  22,  301;  May  15,  234; 
(loaned  machine  to  Mayflower  Lodge  Poultry  Farm,  June  to  August 

29,  where  1,124  chicks  were  hatched);  September  23,  221;  October 
17,  251;  November  12.  186;  January  11,  280;  February  3,  296; 
February  25,  257;  March  19,  293;  April  12,  271;  May  4,  289;  (loaned 
machine  the  rest  of  the  summer  to  B.  H.  Poultry  Farm,  which 
hatched  from  machine  in  five  hatches,  1,318  chicks);  September 

30,  277;  October  23.  245;  November  16,  229. 

"I  think  this  record  is  unapproached  by  an  incubator  of  any 
other  manufacture  in  the  country.  This  machine  and  several  others 
of  your  make  which  I  own  have  regularly  done  better  work  than  hens 
sitting  on  eggs  taken  from  the  same  pens  at  the  same  time." — Wm.  H. 
Polkinghorn. 


tinuously  this  past  season  with  very  gratifying  results.  During 
that  time  I  hatched  2,290  sturdy  Single  Comb  Rhode  Island  Red 
chicks  which  I  supplied  to  my  day-old  chick  customers.  The 
machines  came  up  to  my  expectations  in  every  respect.  The 
automatic  regulators  worked  perfectly,  and  I  soon  learned  to  have 
the  utmost  confidence  in  them.     Not  one  time  did  they  get  out  of 

account  of  the  hatches  from  the  two 


is  as  follows:— 

' 

■ 

Date  of  Hatch 

Eggs  Set 

Tested 

Fertile 

Chicks 

Out 

Eggs 

Hatched 

February  2.  1911 

240 

30 

210 

186 

February  IS,    " 

239 

32 

207 

190 

February  22,    " 

240 

25 

215 

172 

March  11, 

240 

30 

210 

185 

March  23.        " 

232 

30 

202 

187 

April  5, 

240 

28 

212 

191 

April  17, 

239 

20 

219 

200 

April  30, 

240 

16 

224 

204 

May  12. 

240 

17 

223 

205 

May  25, 

240 

20 

220 

193 

&..           " 

232 

15 

217 

192 

240 

20 

220 

185 

Total .... 

2,862 

283 

2,579 

2.290 

Yours  very  truly. 

EUGENE  W. 

HARRIS 

A  SEASON'S  GOOD  WORK 

Lebanon,  Pa.,  November  8,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

Please  find  below  report  of  chicks   I  hatched 


vhich  speaks  for  itself  regardii 


;  the! 


Cyphers  Incubator, 
of  the  machine: — 

1911         No.  Eggs  Set     Fertile  Eggs       Chicks 
April  3  240  179  179 

April  26  223  196  196 

May  21  208  136  136 

June  12  244  137  137 

July  3  244  186  186 

August  3  240  122  102 

I  set  the  last  hatch  so  it  would  hatch  out  at  the  Lebanon 
County  Fair  on  August  24th,  something  that  had  never  before  been 
seen  at  a  Lebanon  County  Fair  in  its  fifteen  years  of  existence. 
There  had  been  incubators  on  exhibit  but  none  with  chicks  hatch- 
ing out.  The  Cyphers  Incubator  is  self-regulating,  requires  little 
attention,  and  the  chicks  hatch  out  strong.  My  experience  with  the 
highly  satis- 
set  a  chance  to  hold  ray  chicks  long. 
I  thousand  more  chicks. 

ALBERT  H.  REIDEL. 


LITERALLY 
aph  of  Wm.  H.  Polkinghorn,  Holbrook,  Mass.,  who 

'  We  have  probably  hatched  all  of  7,000  or  more  chicks 

in  this  one  machine  since  March  6th,  a  year  and  a  half  ago."    See 
details  of  hatches  on  this  page. 


f-  -    iB 


European  Branch  House,  Cyphers  Incubator  Company. 
121-123  Finabury  Pavement,  London,  England.     John  B.  Ludden,  Manager. 


STANDARD  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS— THE  WORK  THEY  DO 


INCUBATORS  VS.  USE  OF  HENS 

Let  us  compare  the  use  of  a  first-class  incubator 
with  the  work  of  hens  for  hatching  purposes.  Of 
course  on  big  poultrj'  plants — either  chicken  or  duck 
ranches — hen  hatching  is  out  of  the  question,  because 
enough  broody  hens  to  do  the  work  could  not  be 
secured  at  the  right  season  of  the  year.  But  how  about 
the  use  of  incubators  by  farmers,  villagers,  etc.? 

We  state  on  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  subject 
that  if  the  best  results — if  the  highest  prices  and 
largest  profits  are  to  be  secured  by  the  use  of  one,  two, 
three  or  half  a  dozen  incubators  owned  and  operated 
by  the  farmer,  his  wife,  son  or  daughter,  or  by  any  one 
else  who  is  conducting  a  small  or  moderate-sized  poul- 
try business,  the  hen  should  be  used  only  for  the  pro- 
duction of  fertile  eggs — in  which  work  she  has  a 
monopoly  and  is  indispensable. 

As  is  well  known,  the  usual  number  of  eggs  entrusted 
to  a  broody  hen  is  thirteen.  At  this  rate  it  will  require 
exactly  thirty  hens  to  take  care  of  the  number  of  eggs 
that  one  No.  3  Cyphers  Incubator  holds — 390.  In  the 
first  place,  to  get  hold  of  thirty  broody  hens  is  practi- 
cally impossible  in  December,  January  or  February, 
except  in  warm  climates,  and  to  obtain  this  number 
would  be  a  difficult  matter  even  in  March  and  April — 
for  the  average  poultry  raiser. 

Then  there  is  the  labor,  losses  and  inconven- 
ience of  caring  for  thirty  "sitters" — in  feeding  and 
watering  them,  in  letting  them  off  the  nests  and  see- 
ing to  it  that  they  go  back  on  the  right  nests,  in 
keeping  them  from  fighting  and  from  breaking  one 
another's  eggs,  in  dusting  them  for  lice,  in  clean- 
ing the  soiled  eggs  and  removing  the  broken  ones,  in 
replacing  sick  hens  and  in  attending  to  a  dozen  other 
annoying  things  that  are  certain  to  arise — not  to 
mention  the  out-of-the-way  place  or  places  where  this 
work  is  to  be  performed. 

But  with  a  first-class  incubator  all  this  work  and 
worry  is  not  merely  "reduced  to  a  minimum" — 
it  does  not  exist.  Positively,  ten  minutes  in  the 
morning  and  five  minutes  at  night  will  give  a  Cyphers 
Incubator  (any  size.  No.  0,  No.  1,  No.  2  or  No.  3)  all 
the  care  and  attention  it  requires — ten  minutes  in 
the  morning  for  filling  the  lamp,  trimming  the  wick 
and  turning  the  eggs  and  five  minutes  at  night  to  visit 
the  machine,  air  or  turn  the  eggs  and  satisfy  yourself 
that  everything  is  in  good  running  order. 

A  well-ventilated  house  cellar  or  ordinary  basement 
is  still  the  best  place  in  which  to  operate  one,  two,  or 
half  a  dozen  incubators,  provided  the  machines  are 
fire-proofed  and  insurable.  The  next  best  place  usually 
available  is  a  living  room — an  unoccupied  room  pre- 
ferred, though  many  Cyphers  Incubators  are  run  with 
complete  success  in  rooms  used  daily  by  the  owners. 
Attending  to  an  incubator — or  two  or  three  incubators 
— right  in  the  house,  is  a  very  different  matter  than 
having  to  face  all  kinds  of  weather  in  looking  after  thirty 
or  more  sitting  hens  in   outbuildings   located   some 


distance  from   the  dwelling.     This  difference  applies 
with  special  force  if  women  do  the  work. 

That  a  Cyphers  Incubator  will  do  better  hatching 
season  in  and  season  out,  than  can  be  done  with 
hens  and  that  the  use  of  Cyphers  Incubators  is  far 
more  satisfactory  than  the  hen-method,  has  been 
testified  to  by  thousands  of  our  customers.  Today 
many  of  these  people  would  retire  from  the  poultry 
business  or  would  stop  raising  chickens  in  profitable 
numbers  if  they  had  to  give  up  their  Cyphers  Incu- 
bators and  Brooders  and  go  back  to  hatching  and  rear- 
ing with  hens.  Read  what  a  few  of  our  customers 
have  said  recently  on  this  phase  of  the  subject: — 

Albert  W.  Gay,  Redlands,  Cal. — "The  Cyphers  Incubator 
and  Brooder  have  given  satisfaction.  The  chicks  were  healthy 
and  grew  up  in  better  shape  than  those  we  hatched  and  brooded  with 
hens.  I  have  seen  a  good  many  incubators  operated  but  none 
can  compare  with  the  Cyphers.  I  wouldn't  take  five  times  what 
I  paid  for  my  Cyphers  if  I  couldn't  get  another  like  it." — August 
3,  1911. 

H.  N.  Holway,  Greenwood,  Mass. — "I  have  a  small  70-egg 
Cyphers  Incubator,  and  am  very  much  pleased  with  it.  The  chicks 
hatch  out  strong  and  healthy  and  they  are  growing  like  weeds. 
/  got  disgitsted  with  hen  hatching,  as  I  had  bad  luck  with  them  either 
sickening  or  dying  on  the  nest  breaking  eggs  or  treading  on  aad 
killing  the  chicks.  Cyphers  Incubator  for  me  always." — July  14, 
1911. 

Jacob  Staub,  Bowmanville,  N.  Y. — "I  have  been  using 
your  No.  1  Incubators  since  March  and  find  that  /  can  hatch  more 
chicks  with  Cyphers  Incubators  than  I  can  with  hens,  and  the  machines 
are  not  as  much  trouble  as  the  hens.  With  their  use  I  never  have 
any  broken  eggs.  As  for  health  and  vigor.  I  cannot  see  any  dif- 
ference between  the  hen  hatched  and  incubator  hatched  chicks. 
I  am  glad  to  recommend  the  Cyphers  to  anyone." — July  20,  1911. 

Jas.  C  Harriss,  Sanford,  Fla. — "I  am  more  than  pleased 
with  my  Cyphers  Insurable  Incubator.  It  is  so  simple  to  operate 
that  a  child  can  run  it.  /(  is  as  far  ahead  of  the  old  way  of  raising 
chickens  with  hens  as  daylight  is  better  than  darkness.  With  the 
Cyphers  you  can  sleep  at  night,  knowing  that  it  will  do  its  work  and 
do  it  right." — July  27,  1910. 

Joseph  Hartmen,  Hamilton,  N.  Y. — "Your  incubators 
are  perfection.  We  received  out  of  144  eggs  between  110  and  120 
chicks.  They  are  all  strong  and  healthy.  Operating  an  incubator 
is  less  work  than  hatching  with  broody  kens.  If  you  set  many  hens 
they  begin  to  fight  and  break  the  eggs,  some  eat  them  afterwards, 
and  then  when  the  eggs  do  hatch  the  hens  step  on  the  chicks  and 
crush  many  of  them.  But  with  your  machines  this  trouble  is 
eliminated;  therefore,  I  am  grateful  to  you  for  your  good  incuba- 
tors.    I  intend  to  purchase  another  soon." — July  29,    1911. 

Elain  L.  Davis,  South  Hatfield,  Pa.— "I  find  that  Cyphers 
Incubators  will  hatch  every  fertile  egg,  that  the  chicks  are  stronger 
than  those  hatched  under  the  hen,  and  that  chicks  hatched  arti- 
ficially are  free  from  vermin.  Your  incubators  are  well  made 
and  so  simple  in  operation  that  any  person  of  ordinary  intelli- 
gence ought  to  be  able  to  handle  them." — November  2,   1911. 

BUILT  TO  LAST— DURABLE 

Cyphers  Incubators  are  built  to  hatch  and  to 
last.  With  proper  care — the  same  care  you  would 
give  a  valuable  piece  of  household  furniture — a  standard 
Cyphers  will  last  an  ordinary  life-time.  They  are  guar- 
anteed by  us  to  last  ten  years  without  repairs.  We 
make  this  guarantee  because  they  have  lasted  much 
longer  than   this — and   are  still  doing  first-class  work. 

Incubators  that  we  made  and  sold  ten,  twelve  and 
fifteen  years  ago  are  still  in  use,  are  still  valued 
highly — are  regarded  today  by  the  fortunate  owners 
as  being  "good  enough  for  anybody."  It  is  a  fact  that 
many  owners  of  Cyphers  Incubators  would  refuse  to 
exchange  them  for  brand  new  machines  of  any  other 
make  on  the  market.  We  know  this  to  be  true. 
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First  Operations  in  Preparing  Lumber  for  Incubators  and  Brooders. 


STANDARD  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS— THE  WORK  THEY  DO 


second-hand  Cyphers  Incubators  have  written  us 
that  they  would  rather  own  and  use  these  second-hand 
machines  than  new  ones  of  other  makes,  judging  by 
a  comparison  of  the  results  obtained  by  them  and  by 
neighbors  who  were  using  the  other  kinds. 
Note  the  following  sample  reports: — 

Mrs.  Olive  Meloy,  R.  F.  D.,  Carmargo,  III.— "I  have  been 
using  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders  for  eleven  years,  and 
think  they  are  the  only  kind.  I  just  hatched  92  chicks  out  of  a 
■  120  size  incubator  bought  eleven  years  ago  this  spring." — April  15, 
1911. 

Ellen  W.  Gray,  Windsor,  Vt.— "Cyphers  Incubators  and 
Brooders  have  been  a  great  help  to  me.  I  raise  between  seven 
and  eight  hundred  chickens  every  summer.  It  was  eight  years 
ago  that  I  bought  of  you  a  120-egg  incubator.  Have  used  it  every 
season.  February  to  May,  and  have  never  had  to  buy  a  single 
extra  for  it  or  have  it  repaired  in  any  particular.  It  is  just  as  it 
left  your  shop  and  it  hatches  today  just  as  well  as  it  did  eight 
years  ago.  I  have  never  had  a  poor  hatch,  invariably  hatching 
more  and  stronger  chicks  from  the  same  number  of  eggs  than  I 
have  been  able  to  obtain  from  hens.  Have  repeatedly  hatched 
more  than  one  hundred  chicks  from  this  machine  at  one  hatching. 
Anyone  who  buys  a  Cyphers  Incubator  cannot  be  disappointed. 
I  would  not  use  any  other  make  if  it  were  given  to  me.  When  I 
first  got  my  Cyphers  I  didn't  know  anything  about  running  an 
incubator — ^in  fact  I  had  never  seen  one." — January  13,  1911. 

G.  H.  Pond,  Station  F,  Route  4,  Minneapolis,  Minn.— 
"I  have  been  using  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders  over  eleven 
years.  I  bought  a  No.  3  Cyphers  Incubator  of  your  agent  in 
Minneapolis  in  March.  1904,  and  have  had  twenty-six  hatches 
with  it,, hatching  out  6,228  chicks.  And  to  show  that  the  incuba- 
tor is  as  good  as  ever,  this  season  I  had  three  hatches  with  it  and 
got  260,  265  and  264  chicks  from  the  three  hatches.  Naturally. 
I  am  pleased  with  the  work  this  machine  has  done." — July  10, 
1911. 

Wm.  H.  Truslow,  Stroudsburg,  Pa. — "I  have  been  using 
different  goods  of  your  manufacture  for  a  great  many  years  and 
my  dealings  with  your  firm  have  been  very  satisfactory.  I  still 
have  in  constant  use  one  of  the  first  incubators  ever  built  by  the 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company  way  back  fifteen  years  ago.  I  would 
like  to  see  the  bunch  of  ducks  hatched  in  that  one  machine  during 
all  these  years." — January  16,  1911. 

John  R.  Garbee  &  Sons,  Billings,  Mo. — "Today  we  got 
another  fine  hatch  of  chickens  from  our  No.  2  Cyphers  Incubator 
— a  98  per  cent,  hatch,  which  is  good  enough  for  anybody.  This 
machine  has  been  run  every  season  since  1896 — sixteen  years — with 
no  trouble  at  all.  The  older  it  gets  the  better  the  hatches.  The 
regulator  does  its  work  as  well  or  better  than  the  first  season.  We 
have  quit  using  all  other  makes  and  use  your  make  only  now,  as 
we  don't  have  to  sit  up  with  it  at  night  as  we  did  with  the  others 
we  used.  We  raise  about  one  thousand  fowls  each  year.  Cyphers 
Incubators  do  the  hatching,  the  chicks  get  their  start  with  Cyphers 
Chick  Food,  and  they  win  in  the  shows." — February  28,  1911. 

Today  Cyphers  Incubators  are  better  made  than 
ever  before.  The  materials  are  higher-priced,  the 
workmanship  is  better,  the  finish  more  attractive  and 
lasting — this  we  guarantee.  Therefore,  when  you  invest 
in  a  Cyphers  you  buy  an  incubator  that  will  last  many 
years — fifteen  to  twenty,  at  a  low  estimate.  You  also 
buy  an  incubator  that  you  can  sell  at  any  time  if  you 
wish  to  do  so — and  can  get  a  good  price  for  it,  whereas 
it  is  generally  known  among  poultrymen  that  low- 
priced,  cheaply-built  incubators  "go  all  to  pieces" 
within  one,  two  or  three  years  and  are  then  thrown 
upon  the  scrap  heap  or  broken  up  into  kindling  wood. 

"BUSINESS  INCUBATOR  OF  THE  AGE" 

That  title  has  been  fairly  won  by  the  Cyphers — 
in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Cyphers  Incubators  are 
used  today  on  a  greater  number  of  practical  poultry 
plants,  are  used  by  a  larger  number  of  foremost  Amer- 
ican poultry  breeders,  are  used  and  endorsed  by  more 


Agricultural  Colleges  of  the  United  States  and  other 
English-speaking  countries  than  any  other  make  of 
incubator  in  existence. 

These  American  "hatching  machines" — as  they 
are  called  in  foreign  lands — have  proved  their  superior 
merit  in  every  corner  of  the  earth — England,  Scot- 
land, Wales,  Holland,  Denmark,  Norway,  Sweden, 
Germany,  Belgium,  France,  Switzerland,  Austria- 
Hungary,  Russia,  Turkey,  Spain,  Italy,  Egypt,  South 
Africa,  Australia,  New  Zealand,  China,  Japan,  South 
America,  Central  America,  Mexico,  Hawaii,  etc.,  etc. 

The  Cyphers  has  won  its  way  in  all  parts  of  the 
world  where  domestic  fowls  are  kept  because  it  is 
different  and  better  in  construction,  because  of  its 
patented  principles — because  it  gives  best  results. 
Please  refer  to  the  foreign  testimonial  section  of  this 
catalogue.  The  sample  reports  there  presented  explain 
— they  give  the  reason,  the  only  honest  reason  possible 
why  we  call  our  machine  "The  Standard  Hatcher  of 
the  World."  The  proof  is  there.  No  other  incubator 
ever  invented  can  make  such  a  showing.  We  now 
do  a  larger  foreign  business  alone  than  nine  out  of  ten 
of  the  incubator  manufacturers  of  Christendom  do  all 
told.  And  we  are  proud  of  it!  So  should  you  be — • 
if  you  live  in  America. 

FIRST— INSTEAD  OF  LAST 

If  you  are  going  to  use  an  incubator  at  all,  buy  a 
good  one — the  best  to  be  had.  If  you  decide  that 
you  would  like  to  own  a  Cyphers,  we  urge  you  to  buy 
it  first — not  after  you  have  "tried"  some  cheap  machine 
and  met  with  discouraging  losses.  When  you  buy  one 
cheap  incubator,  discard  that  and  buy  another  that  is 
no  better,  you  are  overpaying  the  Cyphers  price, 
without  getting  Cyphers  results  and  Cyphers  satis- 
faction. 

Thousands  have  made  that  mistake — and  have 
told  us  so.     Beginners  in  the  use  of  an  incubator,  or 


325  BARRED  PLYMOUTH  ROCK  CHICKS. 
Picture — made  from  photograph — shows  325  Barred  Plymouth 
Rock  Chicks  hatched  in  a  No.  3  Cyphers  Incubator  by  D.  W. 
Tobey,  manager  for  G.  M.  D.  Legg,  Sterling,  111.     Note,  on  page 
49,  photograph  of  equally  satisfactory  hatch  of  duck  eggs. 


Interior  Views  of  Cyphers  Company  Factory,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Incubator  and  Brooder  Wood-working  Departments. 


STANDARD  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS— THE  WORK  THEY  DO 


in  the  poultry  business,  sometimes  take  hold  in  a  half- 
hearted way — as  though  they  expected  failure.  Too 
often  they  decide  to  try  a  cheap  machine  to  find  out 
if  it  will  work — to  learn  whether  or  not  an  incubator 
will  really  hatch  chickens.  We  cannot  emphasize  too 
strongly  the  poor  economy  of  adopting  that  course — 
if  you  are  in  earnest,  if  you  mean  business. 

Far  too  many  persons  already  in  the  ranks  of 
poultry  raisers  are  trying  hard  to  get  ahead  by  the 
use  of  poor  equipment.  To  men  and  women  in 
that  position  we  can  only  say:  Do  not  continue  to 
worry  along,  fighting  against  heavy  odds.  If  you 
own  a  type  of  incubator  that  is  not  turning  out  plenty 
of  chicks — the  kind  "with  the  kick  in  them,"  the  kind 
that  grow  rapidly  right  from  the  hour  they  are  hatched 
— buy  a  Cyphers,  any  size  you  like,  and  test  it  one 
season  alongside  of  the  other  kind.  For  you  to  do 
this  will  mean  a  great  deal  more  to  you  than  it  can 
possibly  mean  to  us. 

SUCCESS  ON  FIRST  TRIALS 

The  Cyphers  is  the  logical  incubator  for  the  poul- 
tryman  who  has  reached  success.  It  also  is  the  logical 
incubator  for  the  man  or  woman  or  boy  or  girl  who  is 
beginning  in  the  work — and  who  plans  to  get  out  of 
poultry  keeping  the  most  there  is  in  it. 

Its  perfected  construction,  after  fifteen  years  in 
practical  use  in  all  countries,  in  all  latitudes,  under 
widely-varying  conditions — its  patented  features, 
its  freedom  from  the  "bothers,"  disappointments  and 
losses  that  are  common  to  the  "cheap  incubator," 
makes  it  the  best  machine  for  the  beginner  to  own, 
first,  last  and  all  the  time. 

Amateurs,  so-called,  do  successful  work  with  the 
Cyphers  right  from  the  start.  Here  are  a  few 
sample  first  hatches.     They  tell  the  story: — 

C.  Kurze,  Monee,  111. — "I  have  one  No.  3  Cyphers  Incuba- 
tor and  six  Style  B  Brooders  that  have  given  me  satisfaction  in 
every  way.  Although  /  did  not  have  any  previous  experience  in 
raising  chickens,  from  my  first  hatch  on  April  15th  I  got  353 
healthy,  strong  chicles  from  360  fertile  eggs.  These  birds  were 
raised  in  your  Style  B  Brooder  and  fed  on  Cyphers  Foods,  and 
they  now  average  in  weight  ^%  pounds  each,  and  are  too  pretty 
to  part  with."— August  7,  1911. 

Wm.  H.  Wood,  Freeport,  N.  Y. — '1  am  pleased  to  inform 
you  that  I  have  successfully  hatched  from  your  No.  1  and  No.  2 
Cyphers  Incubators  460  chicks  from  May  5th  until  July  1st,  out 
of  618  eggs.  This  is  my  first  experience  with  incubators  of  any  kind. 
Following  out  to  the  letter  the  instructions  in  book  sent  with  machine 
proves  to  me  that  anyone  can  operate  your  incubators,  even 
without  previous  experience-  We  are  enlarging  our  room  and 
intend  ordering  one  or  two  of  your  No.  3  size  machines  for  the 
coming  season." — August  9,  1911. 

W.  O.  Stanton,  Clintonville,  Wis. — "I  purchased  one  of 
your  No.  2  Cyphers  Incubators  last  spring  and  the  first  hatch  I 
made  with  it  I  got  184  fine,  strong,  healthy  chicks  from  201  Black 
Minorca  eggs.  I  fed  the  chicks  on  Cyphers  Chick  Food,  and  they 
weighed  3  pounds  per  pair  at  eight  weeks  old.  Your  Company 
has  given  me  the  very  best  of  treatment." — July  12,   1911. 

H.R.  Grant,  Bricksport,  Maine.— "Thought  I  would  let  you 
know  the  results  I  have  had  with  one  of  your  No.  2,  1910-style  incu- 
bators. First  hatch  was  171  chicks  in  open  chamber  over  living 
room;  second  hatch,  195  chicks,  same  place;  third  hatch,  186  chicks 
in  cellar.     Was  not  this  very  good  for  an  amateur?" — June  6,  1910. 

P.  Furco,  Hartford,  Conn.— "This  was  my  first  experience 
with  artificial  incubation  but  I  have  had  very  good  results  from  the 
Cyphers  Incubator  purchased  from  you.  I  cannot  speak  too 
highly  of  its  merits.  My  average  hatches  were  92  per  cent.  I 
want  to  say  the  machine  cannot  be  beat."— July  24,  1911. 


WOMEN  DO  WELL  WITH  THE  CYPHERS 

There  is  nothing  connected  with  running  a  Cyphers 
Incubator  that  a  woman  cannot  do  just  as  well  as 
a  man.  Probably  one-third  of  the  total  number  of 
machines  sold  by  us  are  operated  by  women.  The 
work  is  light,  the  directions  few  in  number,  the  machine 
is  practically  automatic,  and  women,  the  country 
over,  do  fully  as  good  work  with  it  as  men.  We  have 
the  proof  in  abundance.  Sample  letters  are  printed 
on  pages  236-239.    Here  are  a  few  brief  extracts: — 

Mrs.  Victor  Varley,  3038  N.  Christiana  Ave.,  Chicago, 
111.— "I  purchased  two  Cyphers  Incubators  last  March,  one  244- 
egg  capacity  and  one  70-egg  capacity,  also  a  Style  A  Outdoor 
Brooder.  I  had  fine  hatches  from  the  incubators.  Out  of  234 
fertile  eggs  I  hatched  231  chicks  and  from  the  smaller  incubator  I 
got  63  chicks  out  of  65  fertile  eggs.  They  were  all  brooded  in  your 
Style  A  Brooder,  which  I  think  far  excels  the  old  mother  hen,  as 
it  is  the  only  sure  way  of  being  free  from  lice  and  you  have  the 
chicks  under  your  full  control  all  the  time,  which  is  very  essential 
with  growing  chicks.  I  have  also  hatched  ducks  and  goslings 
with  equal  success." — July  24,  1911. 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Claris,  R.  R.  No.  7,  Junction  City,  Kas. — 
"I  have  used  Cyphers  Incubators,  Brooders  and  Poultry  Foods 
since  the  spring  of  1905,  and  can  recommend  them  most  highly. 
In  fact,  /  think  I  would  not  take  a  hundred  dollars  for  my  incubator 
if  I  thought  I  could  not  duplicate  it.  I  am  a  very  busy  housewife 
and  a  little  care  night  and  morning  is  all  that  is  needed.  The 
machine  does  the  rest.  I  have  taken  off'  603  chicks  in  three  hatches 
from  a  244-egg  machine.  My  per  cent,  of  loss  in  raising  the  chicks 
has  been  very  small." — June  1,  1911. 

Kuhlman  Sisters,  Winona,  Minn.,  breeders  of  Barred 
Plymouth  Rocks. — "We  have  four  incubators,  one  a  120-egg 
Cyphers,  which  is  worth  more  to  us  than  the  other  three  put  together. 
Besides  hatching  nearly  every  chick,  we  find  that  the  chicks  hatched 
in  the  Cyphers  are  much  stronger.  We  hatch  nearly  every  fertile  egg 
entrusted  to  your  machine." — June  2,  1910. 

Charlotte  Conrad,  Glenwood,  Fla. — "Down  here  in  Florida 
we  run  our  incubators  all  the  year.  Last  year  I  ran  my  Cyphers 
from  August  until  June  and  never  had  a  poor  hatch.  Biggest 
hatch  was  98  chicks  from  102  fertile  eggs.  I  first  had  a  120-egg 
Cyphers  but  now  have  a  240-egg  size.  In  regard  to  the  self- 
regulating,  self-ventilating  and  non-moisture  features  would  say 
I  find  them  O.  K.  I  look  at  my  thermometer  about  once  a  day, 
but  that  is  from  habit  more  than  anything  else.  /  never  have  to 
do  anything  to  the  machine  except  to  turn  eggs  and  fill  the  lamp;  the 
rest  takes  care  of  itself.  I  think  the  Cyphers^Incubators  and 
Brooders  are  the  best  made." — November  4,  1911. 


South  Raub,  Ind.,  who  says,  under  date  August  16, 1910:  "  Enclosed 
find  picture  of  my  last  hatch  in  the  No.  1  Cyphers.  Obtained  93  fine, 
healthy  chicks  from  98  fertile  eggs.  I  like  the  Cyphers  best  of  all. 
It  is  the  cleanest  and  easiest  to  operate  incubator  I  have  ever  tried.'! 


Interior  Views  of  Cypliers  Company  Factory,  Buffalo,  N. 

Metal-working  and  Electrical  Departments. 


STANDARD  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS— THE  WORK  THEY  DO 


NOTHING  "FANCY"  ABOUT  THEM 

Cyphers  Incubators  are  rightly  priced — and  the 
prices  at  which  they  are  sold  represent  the  limit  of 
incubator  value.  There  is  nothing  fancy,  nothing 
useless  about  them.  Not  a  penny  is  wasted  in  their 
construction.  On  the  other  hand,  every  cent  is  put 
into  them  that  is  needed  to  produce  an  automatic, 
dependable  incubator — a  hatching  machine  that  will 
give  best  results  uniformly  and  last  a  Ufe-time.  They 
are  built  to  hatch,  and  hatch  satisfactorily,  anywhere 
that  an  incubator  can  be  used.  They  will  hatch  chickens 
in  rooms  where  water  freezes,  and  we  have  known  them 
to  hatch  out  of  doors,  on  porqhes,  in  sheds,  etc.,  when 
the  outside  temperature  was  below  the  freezing  point. 

We  do  not  know  of  a  place  on  the  Cyphers  Incu- 
bator of  today  where  we  could  safely  cut  down  the 
cost  of  manufacture  without  injuring  its  hatching 
qualities — its  practical  value.  It  is  the  incubator  we 
would  build  for  our  own  use,  down  to  the  last  item 
of  expense — and  we  believe  it  to  be  the  best  incubator 
for  you.  Into  it  we  are  putting  fifteen  years  of  ex- 
perience— our  own  experience  and  that  of  thousands  of 
customers  who  live  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company  operates  the  lar- 
gest and  best  equipped  incubator,  brooder  and 
poultry  supply  factory  in  the  world — far  the  largest. 
We  buy  lumber  by  the  cargo — other  materials  in  one, 
three,  five  and  ten-car  lots.  We  employ  every  legiti- 
mate method  to  keep  down  the  cost  of  production  so 
that  we  can  sell  our  goods  at  low  prices,  quality  con- 
sidered. Through  these  efforts,  aided  by  the  much 
larger  output,  we  are  able  to  sell  Cyphers  Incubators 
at  as  low  prices  now  as  we  did  ten  years  ago,  although 
valuable  improvements  have  been  added  and  the  cost 
of  lumber  and  other  materials  has  nearly  doubled. 

This  is  our  sixteenth  annual  catalogue — which 
means  that  ours  is  not  a  new  company — that  we  are 
not  offering  new  and  untried  goods  to  the  public.  We 
are  done  with  experimenting.  The  many  "experi- 
ence letters"  published  in  this  catalogue  from  pleased 
customers  tell  why — experiences  that  reach  back 
half-a-dozen  to  a  dozen  years.  The  average  poultry 
raiser  will  do  well  to  let  the  manufacturers  of  new 
and  untried  devices  do  their  own  experimenting. 
Immediate  personal  success  is  what  you  want!  To 
obtain  this  we  advise  you  to  "pin  your  faith"  to 
goods  that  you  know  will  do  the  work. 

We  could  manufacture  "bargain"  incubators  and 
"toy"  brooding  devices — if  we  were  willing  to  do  so, 
but  we  are  not.  Our  position  is  that  the  continued 
success  of  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  depends 
mainly  on  the  success  of  our  customers.  The  Cyphers 
Company  is  not  a  "one-order"  concern.  We  do  not 
sell  incubators  and  brooders  only,  but  manufacture 
practically  every  standard  article  that  is  needed  by 
up-to-date  poultry  raisers  of  all  classes.  It  is  satisfied 
customers  that  we  want — successful  poultrymen  and 
poultry-women  who  will  be  glad  to  buy  of  us  year 
after  year,  including  poultry  foods,  insecticides,  etc. 


LET   US   HELP  YOU   TO   SUCCEED 

We  want  you,  reader,  to  become  a  Cyphers  Com- 
pany customer,  and  we  hereby  agree  to  do  all  that 
rightly  can  be  expected  of  us  to  help  you  win  success 
in  your  poultry  work.  As  a  valued  customer  of  ours, 
the  services  and  best  advice  of  the  Cyphers  Company 
organization,  from  the  president  and  general  manager 
down  to  every  salesman  and  correspondent  in  our 
employ,  will  be  at  your  command. 

It  is  on  this  basis  that  we  have  built  up  the 
greatest  incubator,  brooder  and  poultry  supply  busi- 
ness in  the  world.  We  have  done  it  by  giving  poultry 
people  a  square  deal — by  taking  a  personal  interest 
in  their  success  ;  by  getting  on  the  right  footing  with 
them — that  of  earnest  co-operation  and  practical  help. 
Our  ambition  is  to  supply  all  classes  of  poultry 
raisers  with  the  means  of  winning  the  greatest  success. 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company  is  today  the  leader 
in  its  field.  With  its  seven  places  of  business — Buffalo, 
Boston,  New  York  City,  Chicago,  Kansas  City,  Oak- 
land, London — it  brings  its  goods  close  to  you — comes 
near  to  you  with  practical,  experienced  men — in  charge 
of  its  branch  offices  and  warehouses — men  well  qualified 
to  advise  you  by  correspondence  or  who  can  be  called 
on  personally  by  our  customers  at  any  time. 

We  are  proud  of  our  leadership — because  of  what 
it  actually  signifies.  Mere  bigness — in  itself — does 
not  mean  anything  in  deciding  which  incubator  manu- 
facturer it  will  be  best  for  you  to  deal  with.  But.  the 
reasons  bacic  of  that  bigness  do  count  a  whole  lot. 

The  respect  and  patronage  of  the  greatest  pro- 
portion of  successful,  thinking  poultrymen  and  poultry- 
women  everywhere,  in  all  parts  of  this  country  and  in 
foreign  lands,  could  only  have  been  won  and  main- 
tained by  the  superior  merit  of  the  Cyphers  Company 
goods  and  the  superior  service  rendered  by  our  organi- 
zation. It  is  these  goods  and  this  service  that  we 
offer  you. 


A  "CYPHERS"  OVERFLOW  MEETING. 
How  a  hatch  of  331    White  Wyandotte  Chicks  looks  in  a  No.  3 
Cyphers  Incubator.    The  nursery  drawers  are  a  great 
but  quite  often  their  capacity  is  taxed  to  the  limit. 


LARGEST  INCUBATOR  CELLAR  IN  EUROPE. 
Interior  view  of  part  of  incubator  cellar  of  Ferme  Douglas,  at  St.   Aubin-sur-Scie,    France,  equipped   with  seventy-t 
Cyphers  Incubators — the  largest  cellar  and  largest  hatching  capacity  in  Europe. 


CONSTRUCTION-MATERIALS-PRINCIPLES 

How  Cyphers  Incubators  are  Made.  The  Materials  Used.  The 
Principles  Embodied.  Details  of  the  Manufacture  of  an  Incu- 
bator that  is  Built  for  Business  and  Guaranteed  to  do  the  Work 

It  means  safety — lower  insurance,  and  does  not  inter- 
fere in  the  slightest  with  the  hatching  efficiency  of  our 
machines. 

DO  NOT  TAKE  CHANCES!  Cyphers  Incuba- 
tor Company  spent  thousands  of  dollars  to  earn  the 
right  to  use  these  labels — to  win  the  full  approval  of 
engineers  who  have  no  financial  interest  in  our  Com- 
pany. The  fire-proof  features  of  the  Cyphers  for  1912 
are  a  gift  to  our  customers,  no  extra  charge  being 
made  for  them. 


THE  Patented  principles  that  have  made  the 
genuine  Cyphers  Incubators  deservedly 
popular  throughout  the  civilized  world  are 
retained  in  our  latest-pattern  machines,  as  offered 
to  the  public  for  the  year  1912.  In  these  machines 
will  be  found  also  the  several  substantial  improve- 
ments, fully  protected  by  letters  patent,  which  render 
the  Standard  Cyphers  the  most  convenient  and  eco- 
nomical to  operate,  also  fire-proofed  and  insurable,  each 
and  every  incubator  we  manufacture  being  separately 
inspected  and  labeled  in  our  factory,  under  the 
direction  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters. 

For  a  full  explanation  of  what  it  means  to  have  our 
entire  Hne  of  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders  offici- 
ally approved,  as  to  every  detail  of  construction, 
by  representatives  of  the  associated  fire  insurance  com- 
panies that  write  policies  in  the  United  States  and 
Canada,  see  pages  SO,  51  and  52  of  this  catalogue.  This 
matter  may  be  of  vital  importance  to  you. 

Why  should  you  use  a  dangerous,  non-approved 
incubator  or  brooder  when  you  can  just  as  well  own 
and  operate — in  your  dwelling  or  elsewhere — a  machine 
that  is  built  in  strict  conformity  with  the  published 
"Rules  and  Requirements"  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire 
Underwriters  and  that  has  been  inspected  and  approved 
— each  and  every  machine — by  expert  engineers? 

You  will  do  well  to  not  only  "look  for  the  label" — 
but  should  demand  it  on  the  incubator  you  buy. 
We  could  not  give  you  better  advice  than  this. 

The  inspection  here  referred  to — the  substantial 
brass  labels,  every  one  bearing  a  different  number 
stamped  by  the  use  of  steel  dies — costs  us  money,  but 
it  is  money  spent  in  the  best  interests  of  our  customers. 


WELL  AND  DURABLY  MADE 

Cyphers  Incubators  are  built  "strictly  for  busi- 
ness." From  the  moment  the  lumber  is  selected  at 
the  Michigan  mills,  where  we  purchase  it  by  the  ship- 
load, until  the  finished  machine  leaves  the  hands  of  the 
varnisher,  this  idea  is  kept  constantly  in  mind  and  is 
closely  observed  through  every  succeeding  operation  by 
one  or  another  of  our  factory  foremen — each  man  a 
trained  expert  in  his  department. 

Factory  foremen  now  in  our  employ  have  been  with 
us  ten  to  fourteen  years.  The  result  of  their  long 
experience — of  their  close  scrutiny  of  every  detail,  is 
the  production  of  an  incubator  that  we  are  able  to 
guarantee  to  the  fullest  extent — an  incubator  that  has 
caused  leading  poultrj'men  to  say:  "The  Cyphers 
Incubator  today  stands  for  a  greater  measure  of 
success  in  the  poultry  business." 

WHITE  PINE  MAKES  BEST  CASES 

Cyphers  Incubators  are  made  of  white  pine.  The 
additional  cost  of  white  pine  is  more  than  offset  by 
the  enhanced  value  to  the  purchaser,  and  the  much 


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CONSTRUCTION  OF  LATEST-PATTERN  STANDARD  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS 


lower  freight  rates  on  account  of  its  lightness.  Fur- 
thermore, it  is  well  known  that  white  pine  will  with- 
stand the  effects  of  combined  heat  and  moisture  far 
better  than  any  of  the  other  woods  commonly  used. 
Birch,  chestnut,  cypress,  basswood  and  southern  or 
hard  pine,  such  as  are  used  generally  in  the  manu- 
facture of  incubators,  can  be  bought  in  different  local- 
ities for  $17  to  $20  per  thousand  feet  in  carload  lots, 
while  white  pine  costs  from  $10  to  $20  more  than  that 
per  thousand. 

The  manner  of  packing  the  double  walls  and 
top  of  the  Standard  Cyphers  is  the  most  efficacious 
that  can  be  devised.  The  material  employed 
possesses  great  non-conductive  properties.  As  a 
result  of  our  superior  method  of  packing  and 
construction,  we  are  able  to  guarantee  Cyphers 
Incubators  to  run  in  an  apartment,  the  temper- 
ature of  which  is  20°  to  30°  colder'  than  one 
in  which  cheap  and  inferior  makes  can  be 
brought  to  the  required  heat,  and  at  all  seasons. 

SUPERIORITY  OF  HOT-AIR  MACHINES 

The  Cyphers  is  a  hot-air  incubator,  and  therefore 
does  not  have  a  tin,  galvanized-iron  or  copper  tank 
to  rust  out,  spring  a-leak  and  water-soak  the  machine, 
thereby  injuring  or  ruining  the  woodwork  and  spoiling 
the  hatch.  With  a  hot-water  machine,  should  the  tank 
begin  leaking  after  the  eggs  are  put  in,  the  hatch  will 
be  seriously  injured,  often  resulting  in  an  entire  loss  of 
the  eggs  or  chicks.  It  is  not  practicable  to  manufacture 
an  incubator  tank  for  a  hot-water  machine  that  will 
last  more  than  three  to  five  years,  while  as  a  rule  these 
hot-water  tanks  give  out  in  one  or  two  years — some  of 
them  during  the  first  season  they  are  used.  The 
Cyphers,  equipped  as  it  is  with  a  separate  heater,  so 
constructed  that  direct  heat  from  lamp  does  not  pass 
into  incubator  at  all,  and  employing  the  original, 
genuine,  patented  "diffusive  principle,"  positively 
has  none  of  the  defects  of  a  hot-water  machine. 

Following  are  a  few  sample  reports  on  this  point 
from  customers: — 

F.  A.  Behine,  3512  Rich  Terrace,  Mariner  Harbor,  Staten 
Island,  N.  Y. — "For  a  number  of  years  I  used  hot-water  incu- 
bators. In  September,  1910,  I  bought  another  one  which  was 
highly  recommended,  of  course,  by  the  maker.  I  gave  it  a  trial 
but  was  not  satisfied  with  it,  so  in  the  month  of  March  of  this  year 
I  bought  a  No.  1  size  Cyphers  Incubator.  /  put  these  two  machines 
side  by  side  in  the  same  room,  put  eggs  of  the  same  breeding  pen 
in  them,  and  when  the  twenty-one  days  were  up  I  had  30  per  cent, 
more  chicks  in  the  Cyphers  than  in  the  other  one.  No  more 
hot-water  machines  for  me.  Hot-water  machines  take  constant 
care  and  looking  after  but  as  for  the  Cyphers  I  light  the  lamp 
and  let  her  go  and  the  machine  does  the  rest." — July  27,  1911. 

A.  F.  Nisle,  Jefferson  Park,  111.— "I  had  a  hot-water  machine 
at  first.  With  it  I  had  one  mishap  after  another,  including  a  total 
loss  of  two  hatches  and  got  just  one  little  weak  chick  out  of  the 
third  trial — so  you  can  imagine  my  pleasure  when  I  bought  one  of 
your  144-egg  machines,  which  practically  took  care  of  itself  although 
operated  in  just  an  ordinary  hving  room.  On  the  26th  day  of  Feb- 
ruary I  set  the  machine  with  144  eggs  gathered  from  an  ordinary 
run  of  chickens.  Tested  the  eggs  down  to  90  and  hatched  76  chicks, 
which  I  sold  when  they  weighed  a  pound  to  a  pound  and  a  half  at 
31^  cents  per  pound.  /  set  the  machine  twice  more,  bringing  the 
three  hatches  up  to  an  average  of  80  per  cent." — August  9,  1910. 


Lawrence  Larsen,  Wolsey,  S.  D. — "The  Cyphers  Incubator 
and  the  Cyphers  Brooder  purchased  of  you  last  spring  have  given 
us  good  satisfaction.  I  have  used  incubators  for  the  last  fourteen 
years,  both  hot  air  and  hot  water,  and  of  several  different  makes, 
but  would  advise  those  that  intend  to  buy  incubators  to  profit  by 
my  experience  and  buy  the  Cyphers  Hot-Air  Incubator  at  the  start- 
One  of  my  neighbors  has  a  cheap  hot  water  machine  that  is  claimed 
to  have  double  walls,  but  both  are  made  of  cardboard.  The  regulator 
works  all  right  if  you  give  it  15  degrees  to  work  in.  whereas  the 
Cyphers  will  work  on  a  traction  of  a  degree.  My  neighbor  would 
get  up  two  to  four  times  a  night  to  look  after  their  incubator  and 
we  took  care  of  ours  but  two  times  a  day  and  never  touched  the 
regulator  for  nine  weeks.  I  think  that  is  pretty  hard  to  beat." 
—July  22,  1911. 

THE  CYPHERS  PERFECTED  HEATER 

The  Heater  and  Safety  Lamp  Enclosure  on  a 
Cyphers  Incubator  costs  more  to  make  than  it 
costs  all  told  to  build  some  of  the  "bargain"  incuba- 
tors on  sale.  Please  examine  illustrations  herewith 
for  proof  of  this  statement. 

The  time-tried  principles  of  the  old-style 
Cyphers  heater  have  in  no  wise  been  changed. 
They  are  the  same  today  that  they  have  been  for 
ten  years.  While  we  have  added  to  the  cost  of 
manufacture  in  devising  this  fire-proofed  heater, 
its  use  places  us  in  a  position  to  claim  that  no 
other  heater  on  the  market  equals  it  either  in 
durability,  efficiency  or  safety. 

The  top  of  the  asbestos  jacket  on  the  Cyphers 
heater  (see  pages  45-46)  is  covered  with  a  one-piece, 
disc-stamped  metal  cap  that  extends  down  over  the 
upper  edge  of  heater  and  protects  it  from  injury.  There 
is  also  a  band  of  heavy  sheet  metal  around  the  bottom 
of  the  asbestos  jacket,  which  protects  the  lower  rim. 
These  features  not  only  add  greatly  to  the  durability 
of  the  heater,  but  also  add 
much  to  its  appearance. 

The  fire  insurance  engi- 
neers are  much  opposed  to 
the  type  of  incubator  con- 
struction that  locates  the 
lamp  directly  underneath 
the  case  of  the  incubator, 
and  for  good  reasons.  In- 
cubators are  still  offered 
for  sale  that  use  a  lamp 
which  is  hung  or  placed  on 
a  shelf  located  under  the 
wooden  case  of  the 
machine,  the  chimney 
extending  upward  into  the 
case  itself.  In  this  faulty 
construction  the  heat  pipes 
or  flues  receive  direct  heat 
from   the   lamp   flame   and 

discharge  it  into  the  inter-   Je  rf''eraterf."The°e'lOTaUng'devic" 
ior  of  the  case.     The  ban    '^  an  ingenious  yet  very  simple 
.  method  of  liftmg  the  lamp  until 

of  the  fire  insurance  world    the  burner  properly  engages  the 
,„       ■  _i        J  iU-      bottom    of    direct    heat    flue, 

has    been    placed    on    this   ^^en  it  is  locked  in  position, 
out-of-date  construction.        Judged    from    the    standpoint 
of    simplicity,    durability    and 

There     are     numerous   security  this  is  unquestionably 
,  ,.  „    ,  .the    best    lamp    suooort    vet 

makes  of  so-called  popular-  invented. 


CYPHERS  INCUBATOR 
SAFETY  LAMP 
ENCLOSURE. 
Lamp    in    proper 


CONSTRUCTION  OF  LATEST-PATTERN  STANDARD  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS 


priced  incubators  on  the  market  which  are  heated  by 
locating  a  lamp  or  heater  at  one  end  of  the  incubator 
case  and  conducting  heat  direct  from  the  lamp  into  a 
hot-air  reservoir  located  above  the  egg  chamber.  This 
faulty  and  unsafe  construction  is  also  condemned 
by  the  Fire  Underwriters. 

The  heater  and  lamp  and  lamp  support  must  be 
constructed  according  to  the  letter  and  spirit  of  the 
standard  adopted  by  the  Fire  Underwriters,  and  the 
lamp  bowl,  lamp  burner,  flame,  chimney  and  lower 
section  of  the  heater  positively  must  be  so  protected 
"that  fire  therefrom  cannot  communicate"  either  to 
the  case  of  the  incubator  or  "to  the  floor  of  the  room  in 
which  the  incubator  is  operated." — So  say  the  "Rules 
and  Requirements." 

The  Cyphers  Safety  Lamp  Enclosure,  com- 
bined with  our  superior  heater,  accomplishes 
these  desirable  and  highly  important  results. 
The  right  to  use  the  insurance  labels  is  the  proof. 
Other  manufacturers  may  claim  fire-proofed  and 
insurable  incubators,  but  demand  the  label — that  is 
the  test!  If  their  machines  do  not  bear  the  official 
label,  you  may  be  absolutely  sure  that  they  are  dodg- 
ing the  question — or  are  trying  to  mislead  you. 

CYPHERS  SAFETY  LAMP  ENCLOSURE 

The  Cyphers  Safety  Lamp  Enclosure  consists  of 
a  substantial  galvanized-iron  drum  the  same  diameter 
as  the  asbestos  jaclcet  on  the  incubator  heater  and 
about  8  inches  deep,  constructed  without  the  use  of 
solder.  Top  and  bottom  are  double  seamed  to  the 
body  of  the  drum  by  the  use  of  machinery.  The  top 
is  reinforced  with  a  metal  collar  and  the  bottom  is 
oil  tight.  The  direct  heat  flue  of  the  heater  passes 
through  and  e-xtends  about 
one-half  inch  below  the  top 
of  the  enclosure.  When  in 
position  the  top  of  the 
enclosure  rests  against  the 
bottom  of  the  fresh-air  flue 
of  the  heater  and  is  held 
securely  in  place  by  means 
of  bolts  fitted  with  thumb- 
nuts. 

The   lamp   slides   into 

the    enclosure    on    a    plate 

attached  to  the  top  of  the 

elevating  device,  and  may 

be     quickly     inserted     and 

CYPHERS  INCUBATOR      removed    without   tilting 

SAFETY  LAMP  and  without  spilling  of 

ENCLOSURE  ^^^  Additional  to  this  con- 

Lamp  elevated  and  locked  tn  . 

position.    To  remove  or  replace    Venient  and  safe  method  of 

atfoJf"?hat'  ir can'te'acram:  handling  the  lamp,  a  brass 

plished  with  one  hand  without  vent  tube,  one  and  one-half 

the  discomfort  of  kneeling.  The  .      ,  . 

operator  can  see  and  adjust  the  mches      long,      IS       securely 

flame    without     removing    the  „4.*.„„u«^   t-^  4.U.,   4....         t  ..u 

lamp.     The   burner  collar  and  attached  to  the  top  of  the 

burner  are  so  constructed  that  filler  cap,  which  further  pre- 
lamp  must  be  maerted  in  en-  .  . 

closure  with  filler  cap  to  rear.  vents  a  ready  spillmg  of  oil. 


The  burner  collar  and  burner  on  this  lamp  are 
eccentric,  as  regards  the  top  of  the  lamp  bowl,  so 
that  the  lamp  must  be  inserted  in  the  enclosure  with 
the  filler  cap  at  the  rear,  or  the  burner  will  not  engage 
the  bottom  of  the  direct  heat  flue  when  the  lamp  is 
elevated  and  therefore  cannot  be  used. 

The  elevating  device  is  an  ingenious  yet  very 
simple  method  of  lifting  the  lamp  until  the  burner 
properly  engages  the  bottom  of  the  direct  heat  flue, 
when  it  is  locked  in  position  and  cannot  be  accident- 
ally dislodged. 

This  Safety  Lamp  Enclosure  withstood  the  repeated 
tests  of  the  engineers  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire 
Underwriters  and  of  the  manufacturers,  extending 
through  several  months — doing  so  without  a  sugges- 
tion of  failure — and  was  passed  by  the  Underwriters' 
Laboratories  (Inc.)  as  a  satisfactory  device  for  safe- 
guarding the  lamp  of  an  incubator,  in  conformity 
with  the  object  of  the  "Rules  and  Requirements"  of 
the  National  Board.  But  this  Safety  Lamp  Enclosure 
possesses  other  valuable  features  besides  safeguarding 
the  lamp. 

First — It  unquestionably  is  the  best  lamp  support 
yet  invented,  judged  from  the  standpoint  of  simplicity, 
durability  and  security. 

Second — It  infallibly  locates  the  lamp  burner  in 
the  proper  position. 

Third — It  prevents  the  fumes  from  the  lamp  enter- 
ing the  fresh-air  intake  of  the  heater. 

Fourth — It  allows  the  operator  to  see  and  adjust 
the  flame  without  removing  the  lamp. 

Fifth — To  remove  or  replace  the  lamp  is  such  a 
simple  operation  that  it  can  be  accomplished  with 
one  hand  and  without  the  discomfort  of  kneeling. 

And  not  one  of  the  time-tried  and  well-known 
Cyphers  principles  have  had  to  be  eliminated 
in  securing  these  several  important  advantages. 
The  lamp  occupies  identically  the  same  position 
it  did  before  the  insurance  feature  was  adopted, 
and  no  changes  have  been  made  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  heater.  Every  part  of  the  heater 
and  safety  lamp  enclosure  is  well  and  durably 
made,  therefore  cannot  get  out  of  repair  and  will 
last  a  lifetime. 

THE  DIFFUSIVE  PRINCIPLE 


Years  ago  men  working  in  the  interests  of  this 
company  experimented  in  many  different  sections  of 
the  Union  where  the  greatest  divergences  of  tem- 
perature and  moisture  exist,  employing  in  their  tests 
several  styles  of  so-called  porous  hatching  chambers. 
The  system  which  finally  was  found  to  be  the  most 
practical  is  now  used  in  the  construction  of  the  Cyphers 
Incubators.  Porous  diaphragms  compose  the  upper 
and  lower  divisions  of  the  egg  chamber,  and  through 
these  diaphragms  the  moderately-warm,  pure  air 
from  the  protected  fresh-air  chamber  of  the  heater 
must  pass  in  entering  and  leaving  the  apartment  in 


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which  the  eggs  are  placed.  This  is  a  distinct  advance 
on  the  old  system  of  radiant  heat  and  direct  ventila- 
tion. It  is  patented  by  this  company  and  may  be 
manufactured  lawfully  only  by  us.  Infringements  of 
this  principle  have  been  vigorously  prosecuted,  and  it 
is  our  intention  to  protect  our  rights  against  all 
persons  who  may  disregard  them. 

When  the  Standard  Cyphers  is  in  operation, 
the  fresh,  pure  air  that  enters  the  heater  is  first 
warmed,  then  distributed  evenly  over  the  whole  area  of 
the  top  surface  of  the  upper  diaphragm  before  it  enters 
the  hatching  chamber.  After  being  diffused  through 
the  minute  pores  of  closely-woven  fabric,  the  air  is 
gradually  forced  down  around  the  eggs  and  through  the 
incubating  chamber  in  a  slow  but  positive  manner, 
entirely  without  air  currents  or  the  slightest  direct 
draft  on  the  eggs.  Thence  it  is  diffused  through 
another  porous  diaphragm  placed  above  a  shallow 
chamber  in  the  bottom  of  the  incubator,  and  thence 
is  drawn  out  into  the  exhaust  pipe  of  the  heater. 

This  method  of  applying  heat  and  insuring  auto- 
matic ventilation  gives  a  larger  volume  of  pure, 
fresh  air  than  is  employed  in  other  incubators,  and 
accomplishes  both  results  without  the  disastrous 
effects  of  profuse  direct  ventilation. 

All  Cyphers  Incubators  are  equipped  throughout 
with  removable  diaphragms,  which  can  readily  be 
taken  out  for  purposes  of  cleaning. 

GENUINE  NON- MOISTURE  INCUBATORS 

We  repeat,  that  Cyphers  Company  Incubators 
are  the  only  ones  manufactured  that  lawfully  can  be 
equipped  with  our  patent  diaphragms,  by  the  use  of 
which  the  "diffusive  system"  of  ventilation  is  employed, 
overcoming  the  necessity  of  supplying  additional  mois- 
ture by  the  use  of  shallow  pans,  wet  sand,  wet  sponges 
or  moist  cloths.  Users  of  other  styles  of  incubators 
are  constantly  reporting  many  full-grown  chicks  dead 
in  the  shell,  and  in  hopes  of  helping  them  to  overcome 
this  difficulty  poultry  papers  continue  to  discuss 
such  questions  as: — The  best  location  for  an  incubator, 
how  much  moisture  to  supply,  when  to  apply  it,  in 
what  manner,  etc. 

Cyphers  Incubators  are  so  simple  and  easy  to 
operate,  and  so  certain  in  results,  that  they  have  met 
with  uniform  appreciation  by  experienced  operators, 
while  beginners  succeed  with  them  from  the  first  trial, 
because  the  machine  itself  solves  the  perplexing 
"moisture  problem"  for  them:  In  other  words,  we  are 
able  to  place  in  their  hands  a  practically  automatic 
hatcher,  leaving  very  little  to  chance  and  to  inex- 
perience. 

The  following  sample  extracts  were  selected  at 
random  from  the  thousands  of  letters  we  have  received 
that  contain  similar  statements: — 

Mrs.  Rufus  C.  Hubbard,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. — "Have  been 
well  pleased  with  my  experience  with  the  Cyphers  Incubators. 
The  temperature  and  ventilation  is  perfect,  avoiding  the  use  of 
supplied  moisture  in  a  climate  that  varies  15  to  20  degrees  in  tem- 
perature in  twenty-four  hours." — August  9,  1911. 


G.  H.  Pond,  Prop., 
Hillside  Poultry  Farm, 
Minneapolis,  Minn. — 

"I  have  found  your  Cyph- 
ers Incubators  very  easy 
to  operate,  and  the  chicks 
have  been  remarkably 
strong  and  healthy.  Have 
sold  thousands  of  day-old 
chicks  hatched  with  your 
machines,  and  they  have 
given  excellent  satisfac- 
tion. I  have  been  sur- 
prised at  the  adaptability 
of  your  incubators  to  dry, 
unfavorable  conditions. 
Have  used  one  of  them  in 
February  and  March  of 
each  year,  in  a  living 
room,  size  12x18,  heated 
with  a  large  air-tight 
heater,  the  temperature 
varying  from  70  degrees 
in  the  day-time,  to  40  or 
45  degrees  at  night.  Have 
had  excellent  hatches  with- 
out paying  any  attention 
to  moisture,  except  to 
close  ventilators  partly  at 
night  and  altogether  at 
hatching  time.  At  hatch- 
ing time  the  glass  door  gets 
covered  with  moisture  so 
that  a  person  could 
scarcely  see  through  it." 
—November  9.  1911. 

F.  E.  Schultze,  D. 
V.  S.,  Little  River,  Dade 
Co.,  Fla.— "I  have  used 
your  Incubators  both 
North  and  South  many 
years,  and  always  found 
them  O.  K.  WiU  con- 
tinue to  use  them  down 
here.  Your  system  of 
regulation  of  moisture  is 
the  trick  in  the  far  South." 
—September  12,  1911. 

Frank  L.  Renncrt, 
Box  No.  162,  Valhalla, 

N.  Y.— "I  have  one  of 
your  244-egg  size  Cyphers 
Incubators  and  have  had 
three  hatches.  First, 
168;  Second,  175;  Third. 
164  chicks.  I  was  more 
than  pleased.  The  chicks 
were  large  and  strong.  I 
think  you  have  the  best 
machine  on  the  market, 
and  can  highly  recom- 
mend   it.     In    regard    to 

the  machine  would  be  too 
dry.  but  was  surprised  to 
see  the  glass  doors  covered 
with  moisture." — Novem- 
ber 8,  1911. 

Fred  H.  Wiebers, 
Flasher,     N.     Dak.— "I 

can  not  say  too  much  in 
praise  of  the  Cyphers 
Incubator.  Have  hatched 
about  every  fertile  egg  I 
put  in  my  machines. 
Never  had  to  bother  about 
the  moisture  question.  The 
chicks  came  out  strong, 
and  the  hatches  cleared  up 
in  about  ten  to  twelve  hours. 
I  had  tried  other  makes 
before  buying  yours,  and 


SECTIONAL  VIEW  OF  CYPHERS 
STANDARD  FIRE-PROOF 
INCUB.ATOR  HEATER  WITH 
SAFETY  LAMP  ENCLOSURE 
ATTACHED. 

In  securing  the  several  important 
advantages  of  the  Safety  Lamp  Enclosure, 
not  one  of  the  time-tried  and  well-known 
Cyphers  principles  had  to  be  eliminated. 
The  lamp  occupies  identically  the  same 
position  it  did  before  the  insurance 
feature  was  adopted,  and  no  changes  have 
been  made  in  the  construction  of  the  heater. 
1.  Top  cover  cap.  2.  Castings 
which  form  fire  and  smoke  proof  joints 
between  waste  heat  chamber  and  pipes 
connecting  heater  with  interior  of  incu- 
bator case.  3,  Casting  by  which  heater 
is  attached  to  incubator  case.  4,  Cast- 
ing which  connects  direct  heat  flue  (8) 
with  waste  heat  chamber  (7).  5,  Air- 
spaced  asbestos  jacket  covering  the 
entire  exterior  of  the  heater.  6,  Fresh- 
air  chamber  in  which  fresh  air  is  drawn 
from  outside  the  machine,  is  warmed 
by  contact  with  the  outer  surface  of 
flue  (8),  and  carried  into  incubator  at 
upper  connection.  7,  Escape  flue  for 
discharge  of  fumes  from  direct  heat 
flue  (8).  8,  Direct  heat  flue.  9,  Escape 
flue  for  surplus  heat  produced  in  fresh- 
air  chamber  (6).  10,  One-fourth  inch 
mesh  wire  protection  against  entrance 
of  mice  to  interior  of  incubator  case 
when  machine  is  not  in  use.  1 1 ,  Cast- 
ings which  form  fire  and  smoke  proof 
joints  between  waste  heat  chamber  and 
pipes  connecting  heater  with  interior 
of  incubator  case.  12,  Casting  by 
which  heater  is  attached  to  incubator 
case.  13,  Top  of  lamp  bowl.  14.  Ele- 
vating device.  15,  Filler  cap  and  non- 
spilling  air  tube. 


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was  getting  badly  disgusted  with  the  Incubator  business.  This 
year  I  let  the  hens  do  the  brooding  but  will  buy  Cyphers 
Brooders  for  next  season.  Then  I  will  be  on  the  right  road  to 
success."— July  20,  1911. 

Laura  A.  Moshier,  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. — "Am  using  your 
No.  2  Size  Cyphers  Incubator  and  two  Cyphers  Outdoor  Brooders. 
I  find  your  self-regulating,  self-ventilating  and  non-moisture 
machine  very  easy  to  operate,  and  the  regulator  works  like  a  charm. 
I  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  your  machines  are  by  far  the 
best  placed  before  the  public.  The  self-supplied  moisture  and  the 
automatic  accurate  regulation  is  all  that  could  be  desired.  Out  of 
three  hatches  I  got  596  chicks  and  not  a  weak  or  deformed  chick 
in  the  lot.  I  am  also  using  your  Chick  Food,  Laying  Food,  and 
High  Protein  Beef  Scrap,  all  of  which  are  giving  excellent  results." — 
November  9,  1911. 

PRACTICALLY  PERFECT  REGULATION 

The  device  used  on   Cyphers  Incuba- 
tors   for    regulating    the  temperature   in 
the     hatching    chamber  is  a   marvel   of 
J' J       sensitiveness   and  reliability.     No  other 
style  of  incubator  regulator  has  been 
devised  that  is  its  equal  in  the  essen- 
tial points.     Sensitive  and  positive  in 
action,  this  thermostat,  with  its  me- 
chanically-perfect   attachments,   can 
be  fully  relied  on  to  do  its  work. 
This  we  guarantee. 

Briefly    stated,     the  three  ele- 
ments of  chief  importance  in  incu- 
bator    regulation     are:     First,     a 
sensitive  thermostat,  one  that  will 
regulate    the    temperature     of    a 
hatching  chamber  to  a  fraction  of 
a  degree;   second,  ease  and  sim- 
plicity   of    adjustment;    third,  a 
device  so  well  made  in  all  parts 
that  it  will  not  lose  its  efficiency 
with  age. 

The  countless  practical  and 
severe  tests  to  which  the  Cyphers 
regulating  device  has  been  sub- 
jected in  this  and  foreign  coun- 


I? 


CYPHERS  IMPROVED  SAFETY  HEATER  PARTS. 
Parts  that  go  to  make  up  the  Improved  Cyphers  Safety  Heater  (from  photograph). 
Absolutely  fire-proof,  and  guaranteed  to  be  the  best  made  and  best-service  heater  manufac- 
tured for  use  on  mcubators.  Nearly  all  other  manufacturers  use  simply  a  cheap  lamp  and  a 
hght-weight  metal  chimney.  Note  the  2%  -inch  thick  asbestos  jacket  (open)  with  dead-air 
spaces,  protected  by  a  metal  cap  at  the  top  and  a  strong  band  of  metal  at  the  lower  rim.  See 
description,  pages  43  and  44. 

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tries  prove  beyond  the  shadow  of  a  doubt  that  it  will 
control  the  temperatureof  the  egg  chamber,  day  by  day, 
week  in  and  week  out,  within  a  fraction  of  a  degree. 

MANUFACTURED  BY  US  COMPLETE 

We  manufacture  our  thermostats  and  regulators 
complete  in  every  part,  in  our  own  factory.  We  are 
thus  able  to  avoid  such  variations  in  quality  of  materials 
and  workmanship  as  would  render  useless  all  care  that 
might  be  taken  in  putting  the  numerous  parts  together. 
(See  illustration  of  parts.) 

Incubator  operators  who  have  had  sad  experiences 
with  other  styles  of  regulators  were  quick  to  recognize 
the  superior  value  of  this  thermostat,  whereas  those  who 
are  not  familiar  with  devices  of  the  kind  will  readily 
comprehend  the  working  principle  and  merits  of  the  one 
herewith  described  and  illustrated.  In  many  machines 
of  the  present  day,  changes  of  outside  temperature  will 
affect  the  thermometer  in  the  incubator  to  the  extent  of 
four  or  five  degrees,  and  even  more.  Positively  this 
is  not  so  with  the  Standard  Cyphers. 

EXPERIENCE  OF  CUSTOMERS 

As  proof  in  support  of  this  assertion,  permit  us  to 
present  herewith  an  extract  from  a  poultry  paper  which 
was  brought  to  our  notice,  also  a  few  sample  reports 
from  pleased  Cyphers  Company  customers: — 

"I  use  the  Cyphers  Company's  Incubators.  Why?  Because 
I  find  them  more  accurate  as  to  holding  an  even  temperature.  I 
never  knew  one  of  them  to  get  out  of  repair.  The  'spring'  regu- 
lator or  thermostat  never  changes,  while  in  other  makes  wafers  or 
discs  get  out  of  shape  in  a  year  or  so,  and  you  have  a  horrible 
hatch  before  you  realize  what  is  the  matter." — OSCAR  WELLS. 
Farina,  111.,  in  Profitable  Poultry. 

G.  E.  Hendrickson,  South  Wayne,  Wis.— "Last  fall  I 
purchased  one  of  your  240-egg  size  Cyphers  Incubators.  I  have 
operated  the  machine  this  season  with  good  success.  Although 
the  weather  changes  were  frequent  and  various  I  have  found  that 
the  Cyphers  runs  as  steady  as  a  clock.  I  can  only  say  to  those  who 
contemplate  buying  an  incubator  and  are  not  well  versed  on  the 
subject,  choose  a  Cyphers.  They  are  almost  "fool  proof,"  and  a 
person  need  not  sit  up  nights  with  them  in  order  to  keep  the  regu- 
lator working  right.  I  have  tried  several  machines  and  under 
various  conditions,  but  the  Cyphers  has  stood  the  test  and  won 
out  at  every  trial." — July  27,  1911. 

Guy  U.  McDavld,  Irving,  IlL— 

"Wish  to  inform  you  that  we  attribute 
our  success  to  your  incubator.  I  have 
used  the  Cyphers  and  several  other 
makes  under  the  same  conditions,  and 
your  machine  did  by  far  the  best  work, 
being  automatic  in  regulation,  also  self- 
ventilating.  /  consider  eggs  placed  in 
your  machine  safer  than  under  a  hen. 
All  the  eggs  from  our  White  Wyan- 
dottes  winning  first  at  the  Missouri 
State  Show  have  been  hatched  in  a 
Cyphers  Incubator  and  we  have  a  very 
promising  bunch  of  youngsters." — June 
16,  1910. 


Fred  W.  Bassler,  Green    Mea- 
dow    Ranch,  Wickenburg,    Ariz. — 

"The  Cyphers  Incubator  bought  from 
you  last  spring  has  given  good  satis- 
faction. With  your  machine  (/  *s 
710/  necessary  to  slay  up  nights.  The 
temperature  is  very  regular  and  I  rec- 
ommend the  Cyphers  to  anyone  wh6 
wants  to  hatch  chickens  without 
trouble.  It  is  the  best  machine  on 
the  market."— July  11,  1911. 


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incubator  is  90  to  100  degrees  in  temperature,  the 
exchange  of  fresh  pure  air  into  the  hatching  chamber 
is  slow  in  action  and  limited  in  amount — is  insuffi- 
cient for  best  results. 

To  overcome  this  difficulty,  the  two  large-size 
Cyphers  Incubators — the  No.  2,  holding  244  eggs,  and 
the  No.  3,  holding  390  eggs — are  equipped  with  what  ws 
call  a  drop-bottom.  The  bottom  panel  of  each  machine 
consists  of  a  substantial  frame,  enclosing  a  hinged  bot- 
tom that  can  be  let  down  any  distance  until  it  reaches 
the  floor.  By  this  means,  much  of  the  under  surface  of 
the  lower  felt  diaphragm  is  exposed,  thus  materially 
increasing  the  automatic  ventilation  of  the  hatching 
chamber  and  nursery  department,  especially  the  latter. 

We  recommend  the  drop-bottom  method  of  sup- 
plementary ventilation  when  the  incubator  is 
operated  during  the  warm  months  of  May,  June,  July 
and  August  in  the  temperate  zone,  and  during  other 
periods  of  theyear  in  the  torrid  zone;  also  when  thetem- 
perature  of  the  apartment  in  which  the  machine  is 
operated  ranges  above  seventy  degrees  Fahrenheit. 

Actual  and  severe  tests  reported  from  all  parts  of 
the  United  States  and  Canada  have  established  the 
fact  that  the  use  of  this  drop-bottom  system  of  maxi- 
mum ventilation  has  increased  the  hatches  to  an  im- 
portant extent  and  produced  better  chicks  and  duck- 
lings, thus  overcoming,  very  largely,  the  adverse  con- 
ditions of  summer  heat  and  lowered  vitality. 

Following  are  sample  reports  received  from  our 

customers; — • 

White  Rose  Poultry  Farm,  Kaufman,  Pa.— "We  have 
been  using  Cyphers  Incubators  for  the  past  seven  years  and  think 
they  can't  be  beat.  We  used  two  other  makes  but  discarded  them 
both  and  are  now  using  nothing  but  the  Cyphers.  We  think  the 
ventilating  features  on  your  machine,  including  the  drop-bottom, 
the  best  on  the  market,  and  your  regulator  works  like  a  clock. 
We  hatch  from  2,000  to  3,000  chicks  annually.  The  Cyphers 
Incubator  Company  has  always  treated  us  fine  in  all  our  dealings 
with  them." — November  15,  1911. 


Small  size  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator,  latest-pattern  (No.  0 
and  No  1)  showmg  Split  lower  diaphragm  removed  and  egg 
tray  and  upper  diaphragm  partb  drawn  out.  The  top  diaphragm 
IS  easib  removable  without  interference  with  the  thermostat  or 
other  working  parts  No  0  Incubator  capacity  70  eggs.  Price 
$15,  and  No.  1  Incubator,  capacity  144  eggs,  Price  S22,  are  aUke 
in  all  respects  except  size. 

P.  A.  Schryver,  Rhinecliff,  N.  J. — "I  purchased  one  of 
your  244-egg  Cyphers  Incubators  last  January.  I  am  so  well 
pleased  with  it  that  I  intend  to  purchase  two  more  of  the  same 
size  the  first  of  the  year  1912.  After  trying  others  I  find  the 
Cyphers  is  the  only  one  in  the  market  that  has  a  perfect  regulator  to  con- 
trol the  heat.  And  the  chickens  can't  be  beat  that  are  hatched 
in  it."— July  17,  1911. 

Loe  Addy,  Newcomerstown,  Ohio. — "I  operated  the  Cyphers 
Incubator  in  a  room  with  one  of  another  make  and  while  the  tem- 
perature of  the  room  varied  until  at  times  we  had  to  watch  the 
fire  at  night  to  keep  the  temperature  of  the  other  machine  within 
range  of  the  regulation,  the  Cyphers  thermometer  stayed  at  103 
degrees  as  though  glued.  The  Cyphers  is  good  enough  for  rae." 
—August  9,  1911. 

We  could  readily  present  hundreds  of  similar 
reports.  See  back  pages  of  this  book  for  further  testi- 
mony on  practically  perfect  regulation. 

OUR  SYSTEM  OF  VENTILATION 

In  the  Cyphers  Incubators  for  1912  we  retain  the 
return-draft  style  of  heater,  as  used  on  the  original, 
genuine  Cyphers,  for  the  sole  reason  that  we  know  it 
to  be  the  correct  principle.  This  construction  pro- 
vides an  entirely  automatic  system  of  ventilation  that 
is  sufficient  in  itself  to  produce  excellent  hatches, 
especially  where  the  machine  is  operated  in  an  apart- 
ment the  temperature  of  which  ranges  below  60  to  65 
degrees,  even  though  all  ventilators  are  kept  closed, 
either  as  a  result  of  carelessness  or  lack  of  experience. 
In  other  words,  the  Cyphers  is  practically  "neglect 
proof"  and  is  certain  to  bring  off  good  hatches,  so  far 
as  ventilation  is  concerned,  provided  the  lamp  is  kept 
going  and  the  regulator  adjusted. 

DROP-BOTTOM  FOR  SUMMER  USE 

(Patented  July  17,  1906) 
The  larger  the  number  of  eggs  that  are  being  incu- 
bated in  one  compartment,  the  more  air  (oxygen)  we 
should  supply,  yet  direct  drafts  must  be  avoided.  In 
hot  weather,  or  in  a  warm  climate,  the  movement  of 
air  is  sluggish.    For  example,  if  the  air  outside  of  an 


No.  2  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator,  latest-pattern  (No.  3  same 
pattern),  showing  method  of  removing  top  diaphragms  without 
interference  with  thermostat  or  other  working  parts.  Drop-bottom 
also  is  let  down.     See  description,  pages  47  and  48. 


CONSTRUCTION  OF  LATEST-PATTERN  STANDARD  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS 


Bertha  M.  Story,  Rose  Mawr  Poultry  Yards,  Oregon  City, 
Ore. — "I  rarely  have  less  than  a  90  per  cent,  hatch  of  good,  strong 
chicks.  In  -warm  weather  I  keep  the  drop-bottom  daion  until  the  19th 
day  and  I  believe  that  this  system  of  ventilation,  especially  for  warm 
climates  or  late  spring  and  summer  hatching,  is  the  secret  of  the  suc- 
cess of  the  Cyphers  in  surpassing  all  other  incubators. ' ' — June  21,1911. 

H.  J.  Blanchard,  Groton,  N.  Y. — "The  old  Cyphers  was  a 
self-ventilating,  non-moisture  machine,  but  your  latestpattem,  with 
ihe  drop-bottom,  can  be  adapted  to  afar  wider 
range  of  conditions.    I  regard  your  latest- 
pattern   incubator   as   the    best    hatching 
machine  made,  and  invariably  recommend 
them  to  my  friends.     In  my  eleven  years' 
experience  with  your  Company  I  have  found 
its  methods  square  and  honor- 
able."—August  28,  1909. 

A.  \V.  Rowell,  Principal 
Clark  University,  South  At- 
lanta, Ga. — "I  am  well  pleased 
with  your  incubators  and  espec- 
ially emphasize  the  value  of  the 
drop-bottom  for  this  warm  climate. 
Twice  this  season  I  have  had  a 
better  than  92  per  cent,  hatch. 
Your  machine  regulates  so  much 
easier  and  so  much  more  accur- 
ately that  it  seems  perfection 
when  compared  with  any  other 
regulating  device  I  have  ever 
tried." 

N.  P.  Husted,  Petalutna, 
Cal.— "Iwish  to  complimentyou 
on  the  latest-pattern  Cyphers 
for  California  climate.  It  is  no 
trouble    to    operate    in    hot 

weather,  when  the  days  are  hot  and  the  nights  cool — keeping  an  even 
temperature,  the  drop-bottom  fitting  California  weather  to  perfection. 
The  six  Cyphers  machines  I  am  operating  have  averaged  90  per 
cent,  for  the  past  year,  several  hatches  running  as  high  as  98  J'2  per 
cent.  I  most  heartily  recommend  your  machine  to  the  novice  as 
the  shortest  cut  to  success  with  poultry." 

A.  B.  Soyars,  Proprietor  Peconic  Duck  Farm,  Riverhead, 
L.  I.,  N.  Y. — "After  operating  your  machines  for  four  years  along 
with  other  makes  of  incubators  we  find  the  Cyphers  beats  them  all  for 
duck  hatching.  We  kept  a  tew  more  than  400  laying  ducks  this  year 
and  from  them  we  hatched  20,780  strong,  healthy  ducklings,  which 
shows  what  Cyphers  Incubators  are  doing  for  us.  Yojir  patented 
drop-bottom  feature  is  Just  the  thing  for  duck  hatching,  especially  as 
warmer  weather  comes  on."— Sept.  11,  1909. 

For  numerous  additional  reports  see  back  pages. 


HANDY  NURSERY  DRAWERS 

(Patented  May  22,  1906) 
The  No.  2,  244-egg  capacity,  and  the  No.  3,  390- 
egg  capacity,   latest-pattern   Cyphers   Incubators  are 
each  furnished  with  two  nursery  drawers — see  illustra- 
tion on  this  page.     The  drawers  occupy  the  nursery 


Latest-Pattern  No.  2  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator,  244-egg, 
capacity.  Price  $32.  Showing  nursery  doors  open;  left-hand 
nursery  drawer  is  in  position;  right-hand  drawer  is  let  down  and 
ready  to  draw  out.  No.  3  Incubator,  390-egg  capacity  (Price  $38) 
is  identical  with  No,  2  except  in  size. 


CYPHERS  STANDARD  REGULATOR. 
Standard  Cyphers  Toggle-Lever,  Double-Action  Regulator.  Manufactured  complete  by  us 
in  our  own  factory,  and  guaranteed  to  be  the  most  sensitive  and  trustworthy  regulating  device 
invented  to  date  for  use  with  incubators.  A — Base-casting.  C — Connecting  tube.  D — Counter- 
poise weight  with  two  lock  nuts.  E— Tin  Disc.  F— Thermostat.  G — Metal  Nipple,  making 
thermostat  fast  to  connecting  tube.  H — Wooden  arm.  I — Knife-edge  bearings  of  pivot  casting. 
J — Connecting  rod  with  upper  steel  thumb  nut. 

space  underneath  the  egg  trays  and  are  reached  through 
solid  wooden  doors,  located  below  the  glass-panel  door 
that  opens  into  the  upper  portion  of  the  hatching 
chamber  where  the  egg  trays  are  situated. 

These  drawers  will  be  found  of  great  convenience 
in  removing  the  chicks  or  ducklings  from  our  large- 
sized  incubators.  B)>  their  use  the  operator  is  enabled 
to  remove  the  dry  chicks  or  ducklings  as  often  as  may 
be;deemed  advisable,  without  interfering  in  any  way 
with  the  remainder  of  the  hatch.  In  all  large- 
sized  incubators  that  are  not  equipped  with  nursery 
drawers  the  operators  have  met  with  difficulty  in  get- 
ting the  chicks  or  ducklings  out  of  the  rear  portion  of 
the  nursery  section  without  injuring  them,  owing  to  the 
distance  from  front  to  back.  Furthermore,  with  the 
old-style  of  machines,  if  it  is  desired  to  remove  the  chicks 
before  the  hatch  is  completed,  it  is  necessary  to  open 
the  egg-chamber  door,  thus  allowing  both  heat  and 
moisture  to  escape  to  a  harmful  extent.  Duck 
men,  particularly,  found  this  style  of  machine  incon- 
venient to  operate.  The  nursery  drawers  furnished  in 
the  two  large-sized  latest-pattern  Cyphers  Incubators 
completely  overcome  this  difficulty.  These  drawers 
are  raised  automatically,  when  pushed  intoposition, 
by  means  of  inclined  cleats  fastened  to  the  sides  of  each 
compartment  so  as  to  keep  them  well  up  near  the 
source  of  heat.  This  improved  construction  is  fully 
covered  by  letters  patent  bearing  date  May  22,  1906. 

No.  0  AND  No.  1  STANDARD  CYPHERS 

All  improvements  herein  described  as  embodied  in 
the  latest-pattern  Cyphers  Incubators  will  be  found  in 
the  No.  0, 70-egg  size  and  the  No.  1 ,  144-egg  size,  except- 
ing the  nursery-drawers  and  drop-bottoms.    These  two 


CONSTRUCTION  OF  LATEST-PATTERN  STANDARD  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS 


umber  of 


smaller-sized  machines  have 
the  new  metal-cap,  banded 
heaters,  the  latest-improved 
thermostats,  the  removable 
top  diaphragms,  the  inclined 
egg  trays  and  the  split  lower 
diaphragms. 

These  smaller-capacity, 
shallow-depth  Cyphers  Incu- 
bators have  not  been  found 
to  require  nursery  drawers 
nor  supplementary  ventila- 
tion, but  the  hatching  and 
chick  nursery  apartments  of 
each  of  these  machines  have 
been  deepened  one  inch, 
as  compared  with  the  earlier 
styles,  thus  securing  a  larger 
volumeof  airin  the  incubating 
chamber  and  a  greater  depth  in  the  nursery  section  for 
use  of  the  chicks  first  to  hatch.  It  will  be  noted  also 
that  the  capacities  of  these  two  machines  have  been 
increased  thirteen  and  twenty  per  cent.,  respectively. 

COMBINATION  HEN  EGG  AND  DUCK 
EGG  MACHINES 

The  No.  3  size  Incubators  are  supplied  with  extra 
ventilating  tubes,  by  means  of  which  these  large 
machines  may  be  used  with  maximum  results  for 
hatching  both  hen  eggs  and  duck  eggs.  In  other  words, 
they  are  combination  hen-egg  and  duck-egg  incu- 
bators— a  fact  that  has  been  abundantly  proved  by 
experienced  operators  whose  reports  are  to  be  found 
throughout  the  pages  of  this  catalogue. 

Here  are  a  few  brief  extracts  from  customers  who 
are  using  this  machine  to  hatch  duck  eggs: — 

F.  S.  Keith,  Easton,  Mass. — "I  have  been  using  your  incu- 
bators for  many  years  and  they  have  given  perfect  satisfaction. 
Tliis  season  have  been  having  the  best  hatches  on  ducks  and 
chickens  I  ever  had.  My  best  hatch  was  320  chicks  from  360 
untested  eggs  and  236  ducklings  out  of  300  untested  eggs  just  as 
they  were  put  in  machine." — January  9,  1911 

Charles  J.  Heh-ath,  Talmo,  Kas. — "Last  season  I  operated 
here  five  of  your  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  I  took  off  twelve 
hatches  with  hen  eggs  and  five  with  duck  eggs  all  -with  good  results 
We  hatched  84  to  96  per  cent,  of  all  eggs  after  la^t  test  — July 
22.  1911. 

D.  H.  Folks,  Carbondale,  Kas.— "In  a  No  2  Cyphers  out 
of  210  hen  eggs  I  hatched  204  good,  strong  chickens  Out  of  52 
fertile  duck  eggs  I  hatched  48  ducks.  This  was  in  the  same  machine 
Only  52  duck  eggs  were,  in  the  machine  during  the  hatch  I  started 
this  spring  the  1st  of  March  and  hatched  out  and  raided  more  than 
SCO  chickens  successfully." — August  8,  1910. 

Wm.  Kiff,  Huntington  Park,  Cal.— "I  have  used  the 
Cyphers  Incubator  for  four  years.  Three  years  I  used  them  with 
numerous  other  incubators  in  the  same  room  with  the  same  eggs 
I  got  from  ten  to  twenty  per  cent,  better  hatches  from  the  Cyphers 
than  I  did  from  the  other  machines  and  stronger  and  better  chicks 
and  ducklings.  This  year  I  have  used  the  Cyphers  exclusively 
and  have  hatched  over  2,600  ducks  and  about  2  000  chickens  ' 
—August  7,  1911. 

A  VISIT  TO  OUR  FACTORIES 

We  wish  every  customer  of  the  Cyphers  Incuba- 
tor Company  could  visit  our  factories  to  see  for  himself 
how  well  equipped  we  are  to  manufacture  strictly  high- 
grade  goods,  and  to  inspect  the  Cyphers  Incubators 
and  Brooders  in  the  process  of  construction.     Money 


es  of  high-grade  materials  used  in 

has  not  been  spared  in  equipping  our  factories  through- 
out with  the  most  improved  machinery,  and  we 
are  in  a  position  to  know  that  this  Company's  fac- 
tories are  by  long  odds  the  largest  and  best-equipped 
establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  world.  We  manu- 
facture, under  the  supervision  of  competent,  experi- 
enced persons,  practically  every  part  of  every 
incubator  and  brooder  we  offer  for  sale,  including 
the  woodwork,  heaters,  regulators,  lamps,  etc.,  also  the 
Cyphers  full  line  of  specialties  for  poultrymen — up- 
wards of  one  hundred  useful  and  popular  articles. 

Every  incubator  made  by  us  is  carefully  tested 
as  to  regulation  before  the  machine  is  crated 
for  shipment,  also  every  thermometer  sold  by  us. 
Each  Cyphers  Incubator  has  a  "packer's  slip" 
attached  to  the  wall  of  the  hatching  chamber, 
wh  ich  bears  the  name  of  the  inspector  and  the  date 
on  which  the  machine  was  packed  and  approved. 

See  Cyphers  Company  guarantee  on  pages 
76  and  77. 


HATCHES  DUCK  EGGS  EQUALLY  WELL. 
Picture  is  from  photograph  showing  a  No.  2  Cyphers  Incuba- 
tor used  by  G.  M.  D.  Legg,  Sterling,  111.,  for  hatching  duck  eggs. 
Said  D.  W.  Tobey,  manager  for  Mr.  Legg:  "In  this  hatch  we  got 
201  ducklings  from  217  eggs  left  in   " 


INSURABLE 

STANDARD    CYPHERS 

INCUBATORS  AND  BROODERS 


Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  of  all  sizes  are  built  in  strict  compliance  with  detailed 
specifications  adopted  by  the  NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  FIRE  UNDERWRITERS  in  the 
form  of  "Rules  and  Requirements,"  and  every  Incubator  manufactured  by  Cyphers 
Incubator  Company  is  separately  inspected' IN  THE  COMPANY'S  FACTORY  at 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  by  the  Underwriters'  Laboratories  (Inc.),  UNDER  THE  DIRECTION  OF 
THE  NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  FIRE  UNDERWRITERS,  and  bears  the  OFFICIAL  LABEL 
of  the  Associated  STANDARD  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES  doing  business  in  the 
United  States  and  Canada. 


DURING  the  spring  and  summer  of  1908  expert  mechanical  and  electrical   engineers,  working  under  the 
direction  of  the  Committee  of  Consulting  Engineers  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters,  after 
a  long  period  of  investigation,  completed  a  set  of  detailed  specifications  covering  the  construction  of 
Insurable   Incubators    and.  Brooders.     These  specifications  were  then  adopted  by  the  National    Board 
of  Fire  Underwriters  and  published  in  booklet  form,  bearing  this  title: — 

"  Rules  and  Requirements  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire 
Underwriters  for  the  Construction  and  Installation  of 
Incubators  and  Brooders  as  Recommended  by  its  Com- 
mittee of  Consulting  Engineers.    Edition  of  1908." 

The  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters 

Is  an  organization  that  represents  practically  all  the  Standard  fire  insurance 
companies  now  doing  business  in  the  United  States  and  Canada.  The 
Underwriters'  Laboratories  (Inc.),  with  headquarters  at  Chicago  and  branch 
offices  in  eighteen  of  the  principal  cities  of  the  United  States,  are  conducted 
under  the  direction  of  the  National  Board.  The  directors  of  the  Underwriters' 
Laboratories  are  chosen  from  the  officers  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Under- 
writers, the  National  Fire  Protection  Association,  the  Underwriters'  National 
Electric  Association  and  the  leading  Fire  Insurance  Companies. 

Meaning  of  the  Underwriters'  Labels 


Incubators  and  Brooders 


Booklet   containing      Rules   and 
„  Requirements"     of     the     National 

THESE  LABELS  mean  that  every  purchaser  of  a  Standard  Cyphers  Board  of  Fire  Undenvnters  for 
Incubator  or  Cyphers  Brooder  which  bears  the  Underwriters'  Official  Label  ^/Br?oders"'"°°  °^  ^cubators 
will  get  what  he  desires — namely,  an  Inspected  and  Insurable  Incubator  or 
Brooder  that  is  built  in  strict  conformity  to  the  "Rules  and  Requirements"  of 
the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  and  that  has  been  approved  by  fire  insurance  experts  who  have  no 
direct  interest  in  their  sale. 

BELOW   ARE   FAC-SIMILES   OF  THE   UNDERWRITERS'   OFFICIAL  LABELS: 


Un 

DERWRI 

TERS~  U 

^BORATORIES, 

NC.  ! 

INSPECTED 

INCUBATOR 

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1    1^ 

Underwriters'  Laboratories, 
INSPECTED  BROODER 

c ^H^  I    T^ = 


ARE    THE    FIRST    IN    THE    WORLD 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company  the  first  in  the  world  to  build  Incubators 
and  Brooders  which  comply  with  the  requirements  of  expert  mechanical 
and  electrical  engineers,  acting  under  the  direction  of  the  National  Board 
of  Fire  Underwriters,  and  the  first  to  be  granted  the  Insurance  Labels 

M  FTER  THE  RULES  AND  REQUIREMENTS  of  the  Consulting  Engineers  had  been  adopted  by  the 
_2T_  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters,  and  after  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  had  devised  means  to 
comply  with  same,  the  Engineers  of  the  Underwriters'  Laboratories  (Inc.)  repeatedly  visited  the 
factory  of  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  and  examined,  tested  and  reported  on  the  fire-proofed  articles  sub- 
mitted for  examination.  These  engineers  were  painstaking  and  exacting  in  their  work,  so  much  so  that  a 
number  of  alterations  and  additions  were  found  necessary  in  the  four  types  of  hatching  and  brooding  apparatus 
manufactured  by  this  company  (oil-heated,  gas-heated,  electric-heated  and  coal-heated)  before  the  numerous 
articles  were  passed  and  the  Laboratories  were  authorized  to  issue  the  official  labels  as  reproduced  on  the  opposite 
page,  for  attachment  to  all  styles  and  sizes  of  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders. 

OCTOBER  15  AND  NOVEMBER  1,  1908,  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  received  official  notice  of  the 
approval  of  its  Incubators  and  Brooders,  as  follows: — 

UNDERWRITERS'  LABORATORIES,  INC. 

Under  the  direction  of  the 
National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters 


Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Chicago,  111.,  October  15,  1908. 

Dear  Sirs: — 'We  enclose  herewith  for  your  information  a  card  on  which  is 
given  summary  from  our  report  on  the  appliances  which  were  received  from 
you  for  examination  and  test. 

A  duplicate  of  this  card  has  been  forwarded  to  each  insurance  company, 
insurance  organization  and  inspection  department  ,  //         . 

subscribing  to  our  work.  (//r^.  cAilAyCuLZ) 

Respectfully  yours, 


104-Oct.l5,.1908 

INCUBATORS  AND  BROODERS 

IncuSator.-Oil  Heated.   Cyphers  Incnbator  Company, 
llanafactnrer,  Bnflalo,  N.  Y. 


dactedby  Underwriters'  Laboratories,  Iixcto  be  in  accordance 
-"ith  tbe  requirements  of  the  National  Hoard  of  Fire  Under- 
Titere,  and  examined  and  tested  at  factories  under  the  super- 
ision  of  UnrierwnteiB'  Laboratories,  Inc.,  have  labels  fastened 
)  the  front  reading 


INCUBATORS  AND  BROODERS 

Brooder,Oil  Heated.   Cyphers  I 


104— Nov.  1,1908 


:  Company, 


Manofacttirer,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Oil-heatM  Brooders  (Class  B)  shown  by  tests  and  examinations  con- 
ducted by  Underwriters'  Laboratories.  Inc.,  to  be  in  accordance 
with  the  requirements  of  the  National  lioard  of  Fire  Under- 
^v^iter8,  and  examined  and  tested  at  factories  under  the  super- 
vision of  Underwriters'  Laboratories,  Inc.,  have  labels  fastened 
to  the  front  reading. 

UNDERWRITERS'  LABORATORIES,  INC., 
INSPECTED  BROODER. 


CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY  was  first  in  the  history  of  the  poultry  business  to  manufacture 
Incubators  and  Brooders  that  meet  the  requirements  of  the  Associated  Fire  Insurance  Companies,  and  also 
the  first  company  in  the  world  to  be  granted  labels  by  the  Fire  Underwriters  covering  inspected  and  insurable 
incubators  and  brooders  built  in  conformity  with  the  specifications  of  their  expert  engineers.  Label  No.  1 
for  "Inspected  Incubator"  and  Label  No.  1  for  "Inspected  Brooder"  were  issued  to  Cyphers  Incubator  Com- 
pany and  are  illustrated  on  opposite  page.  These  labels  are  stamped  with  serial  numbers,  which  means  that 
no  two  Incubator  labels  and  no  two  Brooder  labels  can  ever  have  the  same  number. 

This  fact  alone  is  a  guarantee  that  every  Incubator  and  every  Brooder  that  bears 
the  Fire  Underwriters'  OFFICIAL  LABEL  must  be  one  that  has  been  INSPECTED 
AND  APPROVED  by  representatives  of  the  Underwriters'  Laboratories  (Inc.). 

FACTORY  INSPECTION:— Every  Cyphers  Incubator  and  Standard  Cyphers  Brooder  descrihed  and 

offered  for  sale  in  this  catalogue  has  been  separately  and  personally  inspected  in  the  factory  of  Cyphers  Incu- 
bator Company  by  engineers  employed  by  the  Underwriters'  Laboratories  (Inc.)  and  has  had  affixed  to  it  the 
official  label  of  the  Associated  Fire  Insurance  Companies,  placed  thereon  under  the  direction  of  the  National 
Board  of  Fire  Underwriters.  These  metal  labels  are  equivalent  to  the  official  signature  of  the  Underwriters' 
Laboratories  (Inc.)  as  representing  their  inspection  of  the  incubator  or  brooder  to  which  it  is  attached. 
Demand  the  Label !    It  means  safety.    It  means  protection.    IT  MEANS  CHEAP  INSURANCE. 

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PATENTED   PRINCIPLES    UNCHANGED 

No  changes  were  made  in  the  time-tried  and  patented  principles 
of  the  Standard  Cyphers  Non-Moisture,  Self- Regulating  and 
Self-Ventilating  Incubators  in  complying  with  the  Rules  and 
Requirements    of    the     Associated     Fire     Insurance     Companies 

MBSOLUTELY  NO  CHANGE  has  been  made  in  the  time-tried  and  patented  principles  of  the  Standard 

_2T_      Cyphers    Non-Moisture,    Self-Regulating    and    Self-Ventilating    Incubators    in    complying    with    the 

Requirements  of  the  Fire  Insurance  Underwriters,  therefore  the  manufacturers  have  placed  the  same 

sweeping  guarantee  of  superiority  on  these  world-famed    hatchers  for  the  season    of    1911-1912    that    has 

covered  their  standard  make  of  incubators  heretofore.       (For  Warrant  of  Superiority,  see  pages  76  and  77.) 


The  Label  Service  Explained 

IN  THE  BOOK  OF  "GENERAL  INFORMATION"  published  by  the 
Underwriters'  Laboratories  (Inc.),  the  management  explains  and  strongly 
recommends  the  label  service  method  of  inspecting  articles  manufactured  in 
compliance  with  the  "Rules  and  Requirements"  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire 
Underwriters,  as  follows: — 

"The  newer  form  of  supervision,  which  is  considered  superior  by  the 
Laboratories'  management ,  consists  in  inspections  by  Laboratories'  engineers 
of  devices  and  materials  at  factories  and  the  labeling  of  standard  goods  by 
means  of  stamps,  transfers  or  metal  labels,  whereby  they  can  be  recognized 
wherever  found.  By  means  of  this  ser\'ice  the  quality  of  goods  in  factories 
where  approved  articles  are  made  is  carefully  observed,  and  the  use  of  labels 
restricted  to  such  portion  of  the  output  as  meets  in  all  essentials  the  standard 
of  efficiency  shown  by  the  sample  originally  tested-and  on  which  approval 
was  based. 

"Experience  has  shown  that  this  method  is  in  every  way  superior  for  the 
purpose  of  bringing  to  the  consumer  the  article  he  desires,  for  the  purpose 
of  placing  competition  between  manufacturers  beyond  the  point  where  deteriora- 
tion in  the  quality  of  the  output  is  made  necessar>',  and  for  the  proper  protec- 
tion of  the  Laboratories  and  the  organizations  co-operating  with  them  who  are 
giving  substantial  recognition  to  efficient  fire  protection  appliances." 


Booklet  of  "General  Informa- 
tion" of  Underwriters'  Laboratories 
(Inc.).  First  paragraph  in  this 
booklet  reads  as  follows:  "The 
work  of  Underwriters'  Laboratories 
is  confined  to  investigations  having 
a  bearing  upon  the  fire  hazard, 
and  is  undertaken  as  one  means  of 
securing  correct  solutions  of  many 
of  the  problems  presented  by  the 
enormous  and  disproportionate 
destruction  by  fire  of  property  in 
the  United  States." 


ALL  STYLES      Every  style  and  size  of  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  and 

AND     SIZES      Brooders   is   built   in   strict   conformity   to  the   "Rules  and 

Requirements"  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters 

and  has  been  officially  approved  as  to  all  details  of  construction  by  the 

laboratory  engineers.     This  statement  applies  with  equal  force  to — 

Cyphers  Oil-Heated  Incubators  and  Brooders,  to 

Cyphers  Blue-Flame  Burner  Gas-Heated  Incubators  and  Brooders,  to 
Cyphers  Electrically-Heated  Incubators  and  Brooders,  and  to 
Cyphers  Mammoth  Compartment  Coal-Heated  Incubators  and 
Hot-  Water  Brooding  Systems. 

In  short,  all  Incubators  and  Brooders  bearing  the  name  "Cyphers"  and  manufactured  by  Cyphers  Incubator 
Company  are  built  absolutely  in  conformity  with  the  "Rules  and  Requirements"  of  the  fire  insurance  world, 
governing  the  construction  of  incubators  and  brooders;  therefore,  they  represent  the  maximum  of  safety 
and  are  everywhere  insurable. 

Sound  and  Timely  Advice  to  All  Classes  of  Property  Owners 

Do  not  risk  life  and  property  by  operating  cheaply-built  incubators  and  fire-trap  brooders.    You 

need  not  take  chances  of  this  kind.  Buy  and  use  incubators  and  brooders  that  are  built  in  strict  conformity 
with  the  requirements  of  disinterested  fire  insurance  experts,  whose  sole  object  in  adopting  such  require- 
ments was  to  reduce  the  fire  risk  to  the  minimum  in  oil,  gas,  electric  or  coal-heated  devices,  without  inter- 
fering with  the  principles  or  efficiency  of  the  machines.  Remember  that  in  this  matter  the  interests  of  the  asso- 
ciated fire  insurance  companies  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  your  interests,  are  identical.  Why 
not  reap  the  benefit  of  the  valuable  work  these  experts  have  performed  ?  Look  for  the  labels — they  are  the  proof  t 
THEY  PROTECT  YOU.    REFUSE  EVERY  INCUBATOR  OR  BROODER  THAT  HAS  NO  LABEL. 


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CYPHERS  COMPANY 
BROODERS 


FIRE-PROOFED  AND  INSURABLE 

domplete  Standard  Line  for  Outdoor  and  Indoor  Use;  Employ  Top-Heat  and 
are  Self-Ventilating  and  Self-Regulating;  Are  Built  on  Colony  House  Plan 
(except  indoor  type);  Are  Substantially  Made;  Are  Fire-Proofed,  and  Every 
One  Bears  the  Fire  Insurance   Underwriters'  "Inspected  Brooder"  Label 

CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY  manufactures  for  its  customers  a  complete  line  of  individual  brooders 
that  are  as  well  constructed  and  as  well  adapted  for  the  uses  intended  as  are  its  Standard  Incu- 
bators. These  brooders,  without  exception,  are  built  to  do  the  work  required  of  them,  cost  price  being 
treated  as  of  secondary  importance.  They  not  only  are  Are-proof  and  insurable,  but  are  claimed  by  us  to 
be  the  best  designed,  the  most  durable,  the  most  convenient  and  the  most  efficient  indoor  and  outdoor 
individual  brooding  devices  thus  far  invented  and  placed  on  the  market. 

Cyphers  Company  manufactures  high-grade  brooders  only.  This  company  concluded  some  years  ago  that 
the  fact  that  it  had  built  up  the  largest  incubator  business  in  the  world  by  the  sale  of  strictly  high  -  grade 
incubators,  fully  justified  it  in  believing  that  the  same  class  of  trade  would  pay  the  necessary  prices  for  strictly 
high-grade  brooders.  It  decided,  therefore,  to  abandon  any  further  attempt  to  serve  the  temporary  interests 
of  its  customers  by  trying  to  save  them  a  dollar  or  two  per  brooder  on  their  original  investment  when  to 
do  so  will  mean  the  loss,  later  on,  of  many  times  the  amount  in  a  wasteful  mortality  of  chicks. 

When  it  became  necessary  for  us  to  build  brooders  in  conformity  with  the  "Rules  and  Requirements"  of 
the  Associated  Fire  Insurance  Companies,  or  to  place  our  customers  in  a  position  where  they  either  would 
invalidate  their  fire  insurance  policies  or  would  have  to  go  without  fire  insurance,  we  decided  to  introduce 
a  truly  standard  line  of  oil-heated  brooders — a  line  of  brooders  fully  as  good  for  the  purposes  intended  as  are 
the  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators.  We  realized  that  it  had  been  just  "that  extra  dollar  or  two"  on  each  brooder 
which  was  needed  to  complete  the  device  and  make  it  a  first-class  article. 

A  properly  designed  and  well  constructed  brooder  is  as  necessary  to  success  in  raising  chicks  and  duck- 
lings by  artificial  means  as  is  the  use  of  the  best  incubator  obtainable.  Manufacturers  of  brooders  have  known 
this  for  years,  but  the  competition  in  cheap  brooders  has  caused  them  to  make  and  sell  brooding  devices  that 
have  been  either  inadequate  for  the  purpose  or  not  durable  enough  to  last  and  give  satisfaction  during  a 
reasonable  length  of  time. 

Usefulness  Reduced  Fifty  Per  Cent.  If  Not  Insurable 

It  was  very  evident  that  our  full  line  of  Standard  Cyphers  Brooders  must  be  insurable,  otherwise  their 
usefulness  and  real  value  would  be  reduced  at  least  one-half.  At  one  time  or  another  the  poultry  keeper 
is  sure  to  want  to  use  his  outdoor  brooders  in  or  near  valuable  buildings.  This  is  true  in  every  case  with 
indoor  brooders,  and  it  is  true  also  of  outdoor  brooders.  At  certain  seasons  of  the  year  it  may  suit  the  poultry- 
man  to  locate  his  outdoor  brooders  in  a  field  or  an  orchard,  far  from  his  residence  and  other  buildings,  but  early 
in  each  season  he  will  find  it  both  profitable  and  convenient  to  operate  them  either  indoors  or  in  a  sheltered 
position  near  some  building.  This  made  it  clear  to  us  that  an  uninsurable  outdoor  brooder  would  be  worth 
only  about  fifty  cents  on  the  dollar,  because  it  could  not  be  used  with  safety  except  at  a  considerable 
distance  from  insured  property  and  away  from  combustible  material  of  any  kind  that  might  endanger  insured 
property.  Also,  there  was  the  matter  of  the  extra  labor  and  inconvenience  in  attending  to  brooders,  especially 
early  in  the  season,  that  must  be  located  at  a  safe  distance  from  buildings  and  other  insured  or  exposed  property. 

nEMEMBER,  please,  that  Standard  Cyphers  Oil-Heated  Brooders,  both  outdoor  and  indoor,  all  sizes  and  styles, 
■«*  are  built  in  strict  conformity  with  the  Rules  and  Requirements  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters, 
and  every  one  bears  the  Factory  Inspection  Label  of  the  Underwriters'  Laboratories,  placed  thereon  under  the 
direction  of  the  National  Board;  therefore,  they  can  be  used  anywhere  at  any  time  without  refusal  on  the  part  of 
the  Fire  Insurance  Companies  and  without  danger  to  the  property  of  the  policy- holding  operator. 


NO.  4. 


NO.  5. 


WORLD'S  CHALLENGE  ADAPTABLE  HOVER  AND  BROODER  HEATER.   FIRE-PROOFED— INSURABLE. 

{Patented.) 
Detailed  Scale  Drawing  of  Adaptable  Hover  and  Brooder  Complete  (except  casing)  illustrating:  No.  i — Vertical 
Section  of  Adaptable  Hover  showing  interior  construction,  including  section  of  Brooder  lamp  chamber,  double  heat  dome, 
heater  compartment,  direct  heat  pipe,  fresh-air  flue,  hover,  waste-heat  pipe  and  T-fume  vent  and  wind-break.  No.  2 — 
Horizontal  Section  of  Adaptable  Hover  showing  method  of  conveying  warm  air  to  hover  compartment  from  lamp 
chimney  (f)  through  inner  heat  dome  (e),  thence  through  direct  heat  pipe  (d)  into  heat  drum  or  radiator  (c).  No.  3 — 
Lamp  Chamber  of  Heater  Compartment,  showing  deflector  and  guide  plate.  Nos.  4  and  5 — Inner  heat  dome,  forced 
draft  chamber  between  the  walls  of  the  double  dome  through  which  chamber  warm  air  is  drawn,  fresh-air  flue,  which 
surrounds  heat  dome  and  conveys  pure  warm  air  to  hover  compartment. 

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CYPHERS  ADAPTABLE  BROODING  HOVER 

Standard  Fire-Proof  Brooder  Heater.  Self-Regulating,  Self- 
Ventilating  and  Adapted  for  Safe  and  Convenient  use  Anywhere 
that  is  Suitable  for  Confining  or  Yarding  Chicks  or  Ducklings 


CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY  never 
rendered  the  Poultry  Industry  a  greater  ser- 
vice than  when,  after  four  years  of  costly  exper- 
imenting, it  perfected  the  device  which  it  named  the 
World's  Challenge  Adaptable  Brooding  Hover  for 
-chicks  and  ducklings. 

TEN  THOUSAND  DOLLARS,  at  a  low  estimate, 
was  expended  by  us  in  the  long  series  of  experiments 
which  resulted  finally  in  the  production  of  this  Adapt- 
able Hover.  For  a  full  decade  this  company  had  been 
working  on  the  problem  of  a  lamp-heated  brooding 
device  that  would  meet  all  the  requirements.  It  was 
said  to  be  an  easy  task  to  hatch  chickens  in  incubators, 
but  a  difficult  matter  to  raise  them  in  brooders.  That 
was  the  cry  for  years  !  We  believed  that  the  fault  lay 
mostly  in  the  brooding  apparatus  and  in  the  feed- 
ing methods  employed,  and  later  developments — 
the  later  successes  obtained  by  thousands  of  Cyphers 
Company  customers,  have  established  the  fact  that  we 
were  right. 

In  the  course  of  time  several  styles  of  brooders 
were  designed  by  us  and  carefully  tested.  The  best 
of  them  were  catalogued  and  sold  to  customers  located 
in  all  parts  of  the  civilized  world — which  is  the  real 
test  of  a  device  of  this  kind.  These  different  types  of 
Cyphers  Brooders  gave  general  satisfaction,  as  com- 
pared with  other  makes  on  the  market,  but  we  felt  sure 
they  could  be  improved  upon  and  therefore  held  to 
the  task,  regardless  of  expense.  The  outcome  was  the 
invention  of  the  World's  Challenge  Cyphers  Com- 
pany Adaptable  Hover — and  this  invention  meant  an 
easy  road  to  a  greatly  improved  complete  line  of  oil- 
heated  indoor  and  outdoor  brooders,  because  the 
heating  and  hover  equipment  may  well  be  said  to 
comprise  the  very  heart  and  lungs  of  a  practical 
brooder — they  represent  the  two  vital  elements  of 
successful  brooding  by  artificial  means. 

SELF-REGULATING  AND  SELF- 
VENTILATING 

FOR  TWENTY  YEARS  manufacturers  of  incu- 
bators, and  brooders,  not  alone  in  the  United  States, 
but  also  in  leading  European  countries,  have  been  seek- 
ing to  develop  a  practical  type  of  self-regulating  and 
self-ventilating  brooders.  Their  wish  has  been  to 
place  these  devices  on  a  par  with  the  best  incubators 
in  use.  The  Cyphers  Company  for  years  worked  faith- 
fully at  this  problem,  but  did  not  meet  with  real  suc- 
cess until  it  invented  the  Adaptable  Hover. 

WE  HAD  LONG  BELIEVED  that  brooders,  to 
be  entirely  practical,  should  be  automatic  in  regula- 
tion and  self-ventilating,  especially  at  night.  As  at 
present  equipped  with  our  Adaptable  Hover,  every 
lamp-heated  brooder  manufactured  and  sold  by  us  is 
both  self-regulating  and  self-ventilating.  The 
same  high-grade  zinc  and  steel  thermostat  is  used  on 


the  Adaptable  Hover  that  we  employ  in  regulating  the 
latest-pattern  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators,  and  the 
fresh  air,  which  is  drawn  automatically  into  the  hover 
space  for  use  of  the  chicks,  is  WARMED  before  it 
reaches  them,  and  no  draft  from  the  source  of  heat  can 
possibly  get  under  the  hover.  It  should  be  noted  that 
the  Cyphers  Company's  Adaptable  Hover  is  self-regu- 
lating and  self-ventilating  as  a  separate  device 
irrespective  of  the  brooder  case  or  other  enclosure  in 
which  it  is  used.  It  is  the  temperature  underneath 
the  hover  that  is  regulated,  and  pure,  warmed 
air  is  delivered  to  this  point  from  the  fresh-air  cham- 
ber, regardless  of  other  conditions. 

LAMP  FLAME  WILL  NOT  BLOW  OUT  AND 
DOES  NOT  SUCK  OUT 

REMARKABLE  AS  IT  MAY  SEEM,  this  hover 
is  so  constructed  that  it  could  actually  be  used  out  of 
doors  without  the  protection  of  a  case  or  other  enclos- 
ure and  the  lamp  would  not  blow  out.  This  favorable 
condition  arises  from  the  fact  that  there  is  no  con- 
nection whatever  in  the  form  of  an  air  passage 
between  the  lamp  chamber  and  the  space  underneath 
the  hover;  therefore,  fumes  from  the  lamp  cannot 
possibly  reach  the  space  where  the  chicks  sleep,  nor 
can  the  action  of  the  air  on  the  interior  of  a  brooder 
case,  colony  coop,  portable  house  or  other  enclosure 
affect  the  flame  of  the  lamp  in  the  slightest  degree. 
It  is  on  this  account  that  the  lamp  chamber  can  be 
opened  at  any  time,  in  any  location,  for  filling  the 
bowl,  trimming  the  wick  or  adjusting  the  flame,  and  the 
blaze  positively  will  not  suck  out,  regardless  of 
whether    the    doors,    windows    or   chick    exit    to   the 

brooder  case,  roosting  coop,  or  poultry  house  are 

open  or  closed. 


CYPHERS  COMPANY  ADAPTABLE  HOVER. 
(Patented.) 
Fire-Proofed — Insurable.     Can  be  used  anywhere. 
Fig.  1. — Shows  side  view  of  combined  Fire-Proof  Heater  and 
Standard  Adaptable  Hover,  ready  for  use.    Device  can  be  mounted ; 
tliat  is,  joined  togetlier,  in  less  than  thirty  seconds'  time.    When 
uncrated  will  be  found  to  consist  of  five  pieces  (not  including  regu- 
lator arm,  regulator  disc  and  thermometer),  as  follows:    Heater 
compartment,  hover,  two  sections  of  waste-heat  pipe  and  T-fume 
vent  and  wind-break. 


CYPHERS  COMPANY'S  ADAPTABLE  BROODING  HOVER 


CAN  BE  USED  ALMOST  ANYWHERE,  AS 
NAME    INDICATES 

THIS  BROODING  DEVICE  is  called  "Adapt- 
able" because  of  the  many  practical  ways  in  which  it 
can  be  utilized  by  poultrj'  raisers.  As  before  stated, 
it  is  used  in  every  style  and  size  of  Cyphers  Standard 
Oil-Heated  Brooders;  it  is  also  used  with  uniform  suc- 
cess in  one  of  the  several  long  brooding  houses  on  the 
Cyphers  Company's  fifty-acre  poultry  farm,  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  and  it  can  be  used  with  good  results  in  other 
makes  of  brooders,  provided  the  cases  are  not  less  than 
2}^  X  3  feet  in  floor  space  and  24  inches  high;  also  as 
individual  brooding  devices  in  home-made  cases,  con- 
sisting of  large  goods  boxes,  organ  or  piano  boxes;  also 
in  roosting  coops,  in  colony  houses  and  other  portable 
poultry  houses;  also  in  connection  with  any  ordinary 
hen  house,  closed  shed  or  other  out-building  where  a 
space  can  be  partitioned  or  wired  off  for  the  chicks. 
Many  of  these  hovers  are  in  use  in  vacant  rooms  of 
dwellings,  also  in  stables,  barns,  etc.  See  pictures  in 
following  pages  of  this  catalogue  that  suggest  the  vari- 
ety of  uses  to  which  this  readily  portable,  easily  handled 
fire-proof  hover  may  be  "adapted"  with  profitable 
results. 

CYPHERS  COMPANY  ADAPTABLE  HOVERS 
are  machinery-made  throughout.  Special  stamping 
machines  and  costly  dies  are  used  in  their  manu- 
facture. The  weight  and  quality  of  metal  and  all 
details  of  construction  are  governed  by  the  Fire  Under- 
writers, on  penalty  of  a  refusal  by  them  to  issue  to 
us  the  official  labels.  Each  hover  is  separately 
inspected  in  our  factor^'  by  a  representative  of  the  Fire 
Underwriters  and  is  approved  and  labeled,  under  the 
direction  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters, 


CYPHERS  COMPANY  ADAPTABLE  HOVER. 
{Quartering  View.) 

Each  separate  hover  bears  the  official  iltstlrance  label. 
Fig.  2. — {From  photograph.)  1,  Heater  compartment;  2, 
Inlet  to  fresh-air  cliamber;  3,  Fresh-air  flue  leading  from  forced 
draft  chamber  of  double-dome  heater  to  space  underneath  hover; 
4,  Asbestos-lined  metal  hover;  5,  Air  inlet  to  lamp  chamber,  con- 
sisting of  slide  with  one-inch  hole  for  winter  use  and  two  and  one- 
half  inch  opening  back  of  slide  for  indoor  use;  6,  Cell-board  asbestos, 
metal-covered  backing  to  which  heater  compartment  is  bolted  and 
which,  in  use,  is  bolted  to  brooder  case  or  other  wooden  structure ; 
7,  Rectangular  metallic  flange  that  spaces  direct  heat  pipe;  8, 
Encloses  direct  heat  flue  leading  from  lamp  to  radiator;  9.  Waste- 
heat  and  fume  pipe;  10.  Insulating  collar  that  spaces  waste-heat 
pipe  from  case  of  brooder;  11,  T-wind-break  and  fume  exit. 


Underwriters'  Laboratories,  Inc. 
INSPECTED  BROODER 
« ^m  I    Ifc . 


FAC-SIMILE  OF  FIRE  UNDERWRITERS'  OFFICIAL  LABEL 
Form  of  Brass  Label  to  be  found  (in  serial  numbers)  on  every 
Cyphers  Company  Adaptable  Hover.  Each  device  separately 
inspected  in  our  factory.  For  your  own  best  interests  and  the 
safety  of  the  chicks  Demand  the  Labels. 

before  it  is  boxed  for  shipment.  There  can  be  no 
variation,  therefore,  in  the  construction  of  these  devices 
nor  in  the  quality  of  the  materials — they  are  always  the 
same,  always  strictly  first-class. 

NOT  ONE  OF  THESE   HOVERS  HAS  BEEN 
RETURNED  TO  US 

During  the  last  three  years  many  thousands  of 
these  Adaptable  Hovers  have  been  sold  by  us  and  our 
agents  for  use  in  every  part  of  the  United  States  and 
Canada,  and  not  in  a  single  case  have  we  been 
asked  to  take  one  back  or  to  replace  one  on  account  of 
its  being  defective.  This  is  a  record  that  we  believe 
has  never  before  been  approached,  let  alone  equalled, 
in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  an  Oil-Heated  Brooding 
Device  for  chicks  and  ducklings. 

We  invite  the  most  exacting  comparison  of 
the  Cyphers  Company  Adaptable  Hover  with  any 
other  Brooding  Device  on  the  market  and  if  the  pur- 
chaser does  not  find  that  it  contains  at  least  twice 
as  many  truly  valuable  points  in  its  construction  and 
use  as  its  competitor,  he  can  return  it  to  us  within 
a  reasonable  length  of  time  and  we  will  promptly 
refund  the  price. 

GUARANTEED  TO  SATISFY  EVERY 
PURCHASER 

The  fact  that  we  sell  the  Cyphers  Adaptable  Hover 
and  our  complete  line  of  Outdoor  and  Indoor  Brooders 
under  a  broad  guarantee  that  they  shall  give  per- 
sonal satisfaction  to  every  Cyphers  Company  cus- 
tomer, whether  a  direct  customer  or  the  customer  of 
one  of  our  agents,  should  be  a  sufficient  endorsement 
of  these  goods,  on  the  strength  of  this  company's 
business  standing  and  financial  responsibility — yet 
we  find  pleasure  insubmitting,  on  pages  69,  70,  71, 
72  and  73  a  fair  sample  of  the  many  favorable 
reports  we  have  received  from  customers  who  are  using 
these  standard  devices.  We  could  multiply  these 
reports  by  the  hundreds,  or  by  the  thousand,  if  it  were 
necessary. 

ON  YOUR  PART,  READER,  please  study  care- 
fully the  illustrations  and  detailed  description  herewith 
and  use  your  own  good  judgment  about  the  value 
of  our  Challenge  Adaptable  Brooding  Hover,  as  com- 
pared with  other  articles  of  the  kind  on  the  market, 
and  your  special  attention  is  directed  to  the  econom- 
ical  and   satisfactory  method  of  brooding  chicks  by 


CYPHERS  COMPANY'S  ADAPTABLE  BROODING  HOVER 


the  use  of  the  Cyphers  Company  Adaptable  Hover, 
as  originated  by  R.  P.  Ellis,  proprietor  of  the  Aurora 
Leghorn  Farm,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. — a  plan  that  we 
recommend  for  minimum  investment  per  chick 
capacity.  See  pages  74  and  75.  Also  read  carefully 
the  various  methods  mentioned  in  customers'  reports, 
pages  72  and  73. 

DESCRIPTION   IN    DETAIL    OF    CYPHERS 
COMPANY  STANDARD  ADAPTABLE 

HOVER 
Fig.  1  on  page  55  is  a  view  of  the  Cyphers  Fire- 
Proof  Standard  Adaptable  Hover  and  Brooder  Heater 
put  together  ready  for  use.  The  device  when  unboxed 
will  be  found  to  consist  of  five  separate  parts  (not 
including  regulator  arm,  regulator  disc  and  thermom- 
eter), as  follows:  Heater  compartment,  hover,  two 
sections  of  waste-heat  pipe  and  T-fume  pipe  and  wind- 
break. These  parts  can  be  put  together  by  opera- 
tor for  use  in  less  than  thirty  seconds'  time. 
Heat  drum  or  radiator  is  shipped  securely  bolted  in 
place,  and  thermostat  is  attached  and  tested  before 
device  leaves  factory.  Hover  complete,  safely  boxed 
for  shipment,  weighs  40  pounds. 

The  heater  compartment  (1,  Fig.  2,  page  56)  is  made 
of  heavy  galvanized  iron, 
double  seamed  and  riv- 
eted throughout.  The 
interior  of  this  compart- 
ment is  divided  by  a  fire- 
tight  partition  into  two 
chambers,  the  lower  or 
lamp  chamber  and  an 
upper  one  in  which  the 
double  heat  dome,  having 
an  air  -  spaced  asbestos 
jacket,  is  located  and  from 
which  chamber  warm, 
fresh  air  entering  through  the  opening  (2)  is  drawn 
upward  by  forced  draft  between  the  walls  of  the 
double  heat  dome  and  is  discharged  through  the 
fresh-air  flue  (3)  underneath  the  hover  (4).  Oxygen 
is  admitted  to  the  lamp  chamber  through  two  wire 
screened  openings  located  in  the  side  walls  of  the 
lamp  chamber  at  points  below  the  deflector  plate  and 
opposite  the  lamp  bowl,  where  a  direct  draft  from 
the  outside  cannot  strike  the  oil  flame.  One  of 
these  inlets  is  shown  (5)  in  Fig.  2.  This  inlet  con- 
sists of  a  slide  with  a  one-inch  hole  for  winter  use  and 
a  two  and  one-half  inch  opening  back  of 
the  slide  for  indoor  use.  The  larger  opening 
is  screened  with  fine  mesh  brass  wire  cloth 
through  which  flame  or  sparks  cannot  pass. 
The  heater  and  heater  compartment 
are  "made  entirely  of  non-combustible 
material,"  as  required  by  the  Rules  of  the 
Fire  Underwriters,  and  the  entire  structure 
is  so  designed  "that  fire  therein  or  in  pipes 
connected  thereto  cannot  communicate 
to    combustible    material    outside    the 


Fig.  3.— View  of  Insulat- 
ing Collar  that  spaces  waste- 
heat  pipe  from  woodwork  of 
brooder    or    other 


Fig.  4. — Complete  Regulating  Device  used  on  Cyphers  Com- 
pany's Adaptable  Hover  and  Standard  Oil-Heated  Brooders,  all 
Sizes.  Same  thermostat  is  used  in  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators. 
No.  1,  Zinc  and  steel  double-action  thermostat;  2,  Seat  of  knife- 
edge  bearing;  3,  Regulator  arm;  4,  Counterpoise  weight;  5,  Regu- 
lator disc;  6.  Adjustment  nut. 

same."  The  heater  compartment  is  bolted  "securely 
to  a  metal-protected  backing  (6,  Fig.  2)  consisting  of 
cell-board  asbestos  that  is  covered  on  the  heater  side 
with  galvanized  iron,  which  backing,  when  device  is 
in  use,  is  bolted  to  the  brooder  case  or  side  of  poultry 
house.  The  lamp  chamber  has  a  rear  wall  of  extra 
thick  galvanized  iron  where  it  rests  against  the  metal- 
covered,  heat-resisting  backing,  and  the  front  or  door 
side  of  this  chamber  is  also  double,  allowing  the 
gravity  (or  self-closing)  door  to  slide  upward  between 
the  double  walls,  making  it  impossible  for  fire  to 
issue  therefrom  or  for  the  weather  to  beat  into  the 
lamp  chamber  at  this  point. 

Fig.  2-7  shows  the  form  of  rectangular  flange 
that  spaces  the  direct  heat  pipe  and  fresh-air  flue  (3) 
from  the  woodwork  of  brooder  case  or  other  struc- 
ture. The  direct  heat  pipe  is  on  the  interior  of  this 
fresh-air  flue  (see  page  54,  illustration  No.  1)  and  the 
outer  flue  is  wrapped  with  asbestos.  A  one-half  inch 
space  exists  around  the  direct  heat  pipe,  between  it 
and  the  fresh-air  flue,  thus  allowing  free  passage  for 
moderately  warmed  air  which  itself  serves  as  insula- 
tion around  the  direct  heat  pipe  where  this  pipe-passes 
through  the  brooder  case.  In  Fig.  2  is  also  shown 
the  metal  collar  (10)  which  spaces  the  waste-heat 
pipe  (9,  9)  a  distance  of  one-half  inch  from  the  wood- 
work at  points  where  pipe  emerges  from  brooder  case 
or  wall  of  poultry  house  or  colony  coop  and  connects 
with  T-wind-break  and  fume  exit  (11).  For  enlarged 
view  of  collar,  see  Fig.  3. 

The  above  described  construction,  combined 
with  that  further  illustrated  and  described  on 
page  54,  is  such,  as  proved  by  repeated  tests, 
that  fire  or  sparks  from  the  lamp,  from  the  heater 
compartment  or  from  pipes  connected  thereto 
"cannot  communicate  to  combustible  material 


Fig.  5. — Shows  closed  and  open  views  of  Fresh-Air  Inlet  to  lamp  chamber 
in  heater  compartment  of  Standard  Adaptable  Hover.    Ventilating  slide  < 

Is  closed  in  winter  time  out  of  doors,  and  is  opened  part —  — i— "• 

illustration  at  right)  during  warm  weather  or  when  device 


CYPHERS  COMPANY'S  ADAPTABLE  BROODING  HOVER 


outside  of  heater."  This  construction  complies 
strictly  and  in  alldetails  with  the  "Rules  and  Require- 
ments" of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters, 
otherwise  it  could  not  bear  the  inspection  label. 

Fig.  5  presents  views  of  double  opening,  fire- 
protected  fresh-air  inlet  to  lamp  chamber  through 
which  oxygen  is  supplied  to  lamp  flame.  Back  of  the 
slide  (Fig.  5)  in  side  wall  of  the  lamp  chamber, 
near  bottom  of  chamber  and  below  the  metal  deflector 
and  guide-plate,  is  located  an  opening  two  and  one- 
half  inches  in  diameter,  which  is  covered  with  fine- 
mesh  brass  wire  screen  through  which  flame  or 
sparks]  cannot  pass.  The  inch  hole  is  for  use  out- 
doors in  cold  weather,  and  the  two  and  one-half  inch 
opening  is  for  use  indoors  where  the  movement  of  air 
is  more  sluggish.  By  drawing  slide  to  one  side, 
the  amount  of  fresh  air  admitted  to  lamp  chamber  can 
be  varied  from  the  one-inch  hole  in  slide  to  the  two 
and  one-half  inch  opening  in  wall  back  of  slide. 

Fig.  8  shows  forms  of  malleable  iron  castings 
and  stamped  collar  used  in  securing  smoke  and 
fume-proof  joints  and  connections  at  all  danger 
points  in  the  construction 
of  Fire-Proof  Adaptable 
Hover.  Rule  2  of  the  Fire 
Insurance  Underwriters' 
"Requirements"  specifies 
that  "no  part  of  the  heater 
or  heater  compartment 
shall  rely  upon  solder 
as  a  fastening."  By 
use  of  castings  and 
stamped  collars  this  rule 
was  complied  with  at 
points  where  double  seaming  and  riveting  were  either 
impractical  or  inadequate,  and  by  this  means  a  sub- 
stantial construction,  as  well  as  fire-proof  device,  was 
secured. 

Fig.  7  shows  a  sectional  view  of  what  is  called  a 
bayonet-catch  connection,  which  locks  together 
securely  the  two  sections  of  waste-heat  pipe  (A, 
page  54)  and  assists  in  preventing  the  hover  part  of 
the  complete  structure  from  jarring  or  working  out 


Fig.  7. — Shows  Bayonet-Catch  Connection  which  locks  together 
the  two  sections  of  waste-heat  pipe  (A,  page  54)  and  assists  in 
preventing  separation  of  hover  parts  from  heater  compartment 
by  jarring  of  brooder  case.  To  lock  the  pipes,  section  (b)  is  inserted 
into  section  (o),  the  catch  (c)  entering  slot  (.d)  and  then  sliding  to 
point  (e). 


Fig.  8.— Metal  Ca!>tulR^  inJ  stimi,  d  LoHu  ii-,ed  m  obtain- 
ing fire  and  spark-proot  jomts  and  connections  m  standard  Adapt- 
able Hover.  Center  view — Heavy  cabting  by  which  heater  is 
securely  fastened  to  metal-covered  backing  of  heater  compartment. 
Left  view — Casting  which  receives  direct  heat  pipe  where  pipe 
enters  heat  drum  or  radiator  under  hover.  Right  view — Stamped, 
one-piece  collar  by  which  direct  heat  pipe  is  securely  riveted  to 
inner  fiue  of  double  heat  dome. 


Fig.  6. — Seamless-Bottom  Brooder  Lamp  required  to  be  used 
if  brooder  is  to  be  approved  and  bear  the  "inspected  Brooder" 
label.  Note  interior  brace  which  prevents  "bellows  action"  and 
prevents  spilling  of  oil  in  handling  lamp  bowl;  also  note  guide  ring 
on  the  burner.  Same  high  grade  lamp  complete  that  is  used  for 
heating  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators. 


of    its    proper    position,    relative    to   location    of   the 

heater  compartment  and  direct  heat  pipe.  For  the 
same  purpose  one  of  the 
metal  legs  which  supports 
the  hover  is  turned  out- 
ward at  the  bottom  and 
a  screw  hole  is  located  in 
the  bent  piece  or  foot. 
By  this  means  the  hover, 
when  in  position,  is  locked 
by  the  bayonet  -  catch, 
which  holds  the  top  of 
the  hover  in  place,  and 
the    screw    prevents    the 

metal  legs  of  the  hover  from  jarring  away  from  the 

heater  end  or  side  of  the  brooder  case. 

Fig.  6  shows  to  advantage  the  form  of  seamless- 
bottom  lamp  bowl,  also  the  interior  brace  called  for 
by  the  "Rules  and  Requirements"  and  the  brass  guide 
ring  on  the  burner.  This  is  the  same  lamp  exactly 
that  we  use  for  operating  Standard  Cyphers 
Incubators  and  without  doubt  is  the  strongest  and 
most  satisfactory  lamp  manufactured  to  date  for  the 
purpose  of  heating  incubators  and  brooders. 

Fig.  10  shows  metal  hover  with  curtain  (1)  and 
part  of  hover  rim  (2)  cut  away,  exposing  the  unob- 
structed space  underneath  the  hover  for  free  use 
of  the  chicks;  also  position  of  the  heat  drum  or 
radiator  (3,  3)  and  zinc  and  steel  thermostat  (4)  that 
operates  regulator  (5).  The  hover  is  made  of  gal- 
vanized iron,  with  a  five-inch  rim  extending  downward 
on  all  sides  and  confining  the  heat  to  this  level. 
The  under  side  of  hover  and  inner  surface  of  rim  are 
lined  with  asbestos  to  prevent  excessive  radiation. 
Hover  has  an  opening  (6)  through  its  center  which 
is  covered  by  the  regulator  disc  (7),  also  a  small 
opening  (8)  to  receive  the  upright  thermometer  (9). 
Hover  is  supported  on  three  metal  legs,  and  space 


CYPHERS  COMPANY'S  ADAPTABLE  BROODING  HOVER 


underneath  hover  is  enclosed  by  a  double-fold, 
woolen  felt  curtain  that  is  slit  at  convenient  points 
to  allow  chicks  to  pass  in  and  out. 

REMOVABLE  AND  CLEANABLE 
HEAT  DRUM 

Fig.  9  shows  circular  heat  drum  or  radiator. 
Drum  is  held  in  position  under  hover  by  means  of 
screw  bolts  (1,  1)  and  is  removable  for  cleaning. 
Triangular  pieces  of  metal  (2,  2,  2)  are  employed  to 
separate  the  top  of  drum  one-half  inch  from  asbestos 
lining  on  under  side  of  hover,  thus  leaving  space  for 
circulation  of  heated  air  above  and  around  drum.  A 
three-inch  circular  flue  (3)  is  located  in  center  of 
drum  for  passage  of  air  upward  from  beneath  drum, 
thence  outwardly  toward  sides  of  hover  space,  thus 
distributing  and  equalizing  the  heated  air.  In  the 
bottom  of  the  heat  drum  (see  B,  page  54,)  near  edge 
of  drum  and  at  a  point  farthest  from  the  inlet  to  the 
direct  heat  pipe,  is  located  an  air-tight  filler  cap  open- 
ing, one  and  one-half  inches  in  diameter,  for  use  of 
the  operator  in  cleaning  interior  of  drum  when 
gummy  soot  forms  from  ordinary  burning  of  oil,  or 
should  lamp  smoke  by  accident.  Washing  soda  in 
water  will  cut  and  remove  the  gummy  soot,  and  liquid , 
can  be  drained  out  through  filler  cap  opening. 
Should  soot  form  in  heater,  it  can  be  swabbed  out 
by  use  of  stiff  wire  and  a  piece  of  cloth  inserted  in 
filler  cap  hole,  also  through  direct  heat  flue  entrance. 

VENTILATION  IS  AUTOMATIC 

Fig.  11  is  a  sectional  view  showing  how  interior 
of  hover  is  ventilated  automatically  by  forced  draft, 
and  without  possibility  of  lamp  blowing  out  if  door 
is  open  to  brooder  or  poultry  house  in  which  Adapt- 
able Hover  is  used.  There  is  no  direct  connec- 
tion between  the  interior  of  the  brooder  case  or 
other  enclosure  and  the  lamp  chamber  of  this  device. 


REMOVABLE  AND  CLEANABLE  HEAT  DRUM  OR  RADI- 
ATOR USED  IN  CYPHERS  STANDARD 
ADAPTABLE  HOVER. 

Fig.  9. — Radiator  is  located  one-half  inch  below  asbestos- 
lined  under  surface  of  metal  hover  and  immediately  above  backs 
of  the  chicks.  1,  1,  Show  screw  bolts  which  hold  radiator  in  top 
of  hover.^  2,2,2,  Are  triangular  pieces  of  metal  which  space  radiator 
one-half  inch  from  under  surface  of  hover  top.  3,  Is  circular  tube  or 
flue  in  center  of  radiator  through  which  air  circulates  to  equalize 
the  temperature  underneath  hover.  Radiator  is  readily  removable 
from  its  position  underneath  hover  and  can  be  washed  out  or 
swabbed  when  oily  gum  or  soot  collects  on  interior  and  interferes 
with  maximum  radiation.     ' 


Fig.  10, — View  of  Hover  Section  of  Cyphers  Fire-Proof  Brooder 
Heating  Device  with  part  of  hover,  hover  rim  and  hover  curtain 
cut  away,  showing  unobstructed  space  under  hover  for  free  use  of 
chicks.  This  construction  does  away  with  central  heat  dome  and 
chick  guard,  thus  giving  chicks  more  room  and  avoiding  crowding 
against  any  stationary  object. 

therefore  an  open  door  has  no  effect  on  the  lamp 
flame.  This  same  condition  is  true  if  the  door  to  the 
lamp  chamber  is  open.  In  other  words,  there  is  no 
passageway  for  air  from  any  point  underneath  of  or 
outside  the  hover  leading  back  through  the  device 
into  the  lamp  chamber,  the  result  being  that  this 
.  Adaptable  Hover,  with  fire-proof  heater  attached, 
(jiiiSpit  be  placed  out  of  doors  without  a  brooder 
case  around  it,  and  a  back  draft  underneath  or 
around  the  hover  could  not  blow  out  the  flame. 

Fig.  12  shows  front  view  of  fire  -  proof  heater 
compartment  of  Adaptable  Hover  with  sliding  door 
pushed  up  between  double  walls,  also  lamp  in  place 
and  metal  deflector  and  guide-plate  which  protects 
lamp  bowl  from  radiated  heat  and  holds  lamp  burner 
in  proper  alignment  with  chimney  and  heat  dome; 
also  mirror  attachment  used  by  operator  in  view- 
ing lamp  flame  without  opening  door  to  chamber, 
and  in  noting  height  of  flame  of  lamp  when 
adjusting  same.  Backing  extends  one  inch  below 
bottom  of  lamp  chamber,  therefore  bottom  of  cham- 
ber is  that  distance  above  floor  of  room  at  all  times 
when  device  is  in  use. 

The  construction  shown  in  Fig.  12  is  such  that  it 
complies  with  the  insurance  "Rules  and  Require- 
ments" which  provide  that  the  lamp  support  "shall 
be  so  designed  as  to  permit  of  the  lamp  being  readily 
removed  and  replaced  by  the  operator  without  spill- 
ing of  oil,"  also  that  the  lamp  shall  be  so  supported 
"that  oil  cannot  drip  from  the  lamp"  to  the  floor  of 
the  room  in  which  the  brooder  is  operated,  and  so 
that  fire  from  the  lamp  cannot  "communicate 
therefrom  to  the  floor  of  the  room  in  which  the 
brooder  is  operated."  The  lamp  is  inserted  and 
removed  from  the  heater  compartment  of  this  device 
practically  on  a  level,  and  without  danger  of  spill- 
ing oil;  the  bottom  joints  of  the  lamp  chamber  are 
double  seamed  and  oil  tight;  the  self-closing  door  is 
flame-proof,  and  all  inlets  and  outlets  to  this  chamber 
are  covered  securely  with  fine  mesh  brass  fire-screen 
that  will  prevent  the  issuance  of  flame  or  sparks  should 
the  lamp  by  any  mischance  get  in  trouble. 


CYPHERS  COMPANY'S  ADAPTABLE  BROODING  HOVER 


between  walls  of  double-dome  heater  without  possibility  of  lamp 
blowing  out  if  door  is  open  to  brooder  case  or  poultr>'  house  in 
which  Adaptable  Hover  is  used.  There  is  no  passage  way  for  air 
from  interior  of  brooder  case  or  poultry  house  to  the  lamp  chamber. 
As  will  be  noted  by  the  arrows,  the  outer  fresh  air  enters  lamp  box 
through  the  screened  opening  (a)  and  passes  into  space  (6)  between 
walls  of  double  heat  dome,  thence  through  space  (c)  and  under- 
neath the  hover  (d). 

OTHER  IMPORTANT  DETAILS 

Still  other  details  of  construction  were  required 
by  the  Underwriters'  Laboratories  (Inc.)  before  they 
granted  labels  for  use  on  brooders  of  this  company's 
manufacture.  The  first  paragraph  in  the  booklet  of 
"Rules  and  Requirements,"  as  adopted  by  the  National 
'Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  for  the  construction  of 
incubators  and  brooders,  consists  of  a  note  which 
reads  as  follows: — 

"NOTE — The  portion  of  these  rules  relating 
to  design  and  construction  are  but  a  partial 
outline  of  requirements.  A  device  which 
fulfills  the  conditions  of  these  requirements 
and  no  more  will  not  necessarily  be  acceptable. 
All  such  appliances  should  be  submitted  for 
examination  and  test  before  being  introduced 
for  use." 

In  the  construction  of  the  Cyphers  Company 
Fire-Proof  Brooder  Heater  and  Standard  Adaptable 
Hover  several  of  these  other  details  were:  Extra 
weight  of  metal  in  heater  compartment;  fineness  of 


brass  fire-screen  adopted;  size  and  strength  of  bolts 
used;  character  of  every  seam,  every  joint  and  every 
pipe  connection;  distance  of  bottom  of  lamp  chamber 
from  floor  of  room  in  which  brooder  is  to  be  operated, 
etc.;  but  it  would  seem  that  enough  has  been 
stated  in  this  direction  to  convince  the  interested 
reader  that  the  fire  insurance  engineers  "meant 
business"  when  they  framed  the  Rules  adopted  by 
the  National  Board,  and  that  they  "attended  to 
business"  when  enforcing  the  Requirements. 
CHEAPLY-BUILT,  DEFECTIVE  BROODERS 
CAUSE  HEAVY  FIRE  LOSSES 
CHEAP  AND  WRONGLY-CONSTRUCTED 
BROODERS  have  caused  the  loss  of  many  thousands 
of  valuable  chicks,  also  of  property  of  still  greater 
value.  That  was  precisely  why  the  representatives  of 
the  Associated  Standard  Fire  Insurance  Companies 
of  the  United  States 
and  Canada  adop- 
ted rigid  rules  gov- 
erning the  con- 
struction of  devices 
of  this  kind  that 
the  companies  are 
willing  to  insure. 
Their  interests  and 
those  of  the  owners 
of  valuable  prop- 
erty are  clearly 
identical  and  users 

of  poultry  brooders  -  ^ 

cVirviiM      fnJ^£>      full  Fig.   12. — Illustrates 

snouia  taKe  tUU  ^f  y^^^^^  Attachment  in  viewing  lamp 
advantage  of  the  fiame  in  fire-proof  heater  compartment 
,  .    ,  ,  .  without  opening  door  to  lamp  chamber; 

highly  important  also  in  adjusting  height  of  flame  without 
work  the  I'noiiranfp  operator  having  to  get  down  on  Imees. 
work  tne  insurance  Looting  downward  from  point  (a)  to 
engineers  have  per-  mirror  (6)  the  flame  can  easily  be  seen 
^  J  reflected  on  mirror  from  opening  (c)  in 

formed.  chimney. 

Fire-Proofed  and  Insurable  Incubators  and 
Brooders  cost  more  than  the  cheaply  and 
nimsily  built  kinds,  but  they  are  safe  to  use — ■ 
anywhere,  any  time! 


WM^ 


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"AS  TIME-SAVERS,  BEAT  ANYTHINQ  I  HAVE   TRIED" 

Lisbon,  New  Hampshire,  July  28,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  V. — 

It  gives  us  very  much  pleasure  to  report  the  success  we  have 
had  from  your  "Time-Saving"  ADAPTABLE  HOVERS,  used 
in  connection  with  a  home-made  colony  house,  fitted  with  a  run  at 
each  end.  The  accompanying  photograph  shows  my  colony  house 
equipped  with  the  Adaptable  Hovers.  The  chicks  in  picture  are 
White  Leghorns,  four  weeks  old. 

The  Cyphers  Adaptable  Hovers  are  very  easy  to  regulate, 
the  chicks  take  to  them  readily,  and  are  always  comfortable. 
Practically  all  I  have  to  do  is  to  attend  to  the  food  and  water 
supplies— t/ic  hovers  do  the  rest.  As  time-savers  they  beat 
anything  I  have  ever  tried  in  the  way  of  brooders. 

J.  E.  COLLINS. 
"  WHAT  MORE  COULD  BE  ASKED  FOR  " 

Sterling,  Pa.,  March  16,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  I'.— 

This  is  my  second  season  usini;  your  Adaptable  Hover.  / 
find  it  all  that  you  recommend  it  to  be.  I  now  have  eighty 
newly  hatched  chicks  in  it,  in  an  outdoor  brooder.  Last  night 
was  a  very  bluatry  night.  I  had  the  partition  in  the  brooder 
closed  and  the  ventilator  open  part  way.  This  morning  I  found 
the  temperature  underneath  the  Hover  where  the  chicks  < 
brooded  was  a  little  above  95  degrees.  What 
asked  for? 


CYPHERS  STYLE  A  OUTDOOR  BROODER 

(Known  as  Storm  lUng  Previous  to  1909) 

FIRE-PROOFED— INSURABLE 


SPECIAL  ATTENTION  is  called  to  the  sub- 
stantial wooden  cases  of  the  Cyphers  Company 
Outdoor  Brooders.  They  are  built  on  the  colony 
house  plan  and  each  size  can  be  used  to  advantage 
as  a  colony  roosting  coop.  The  Adaptable  Hover 
that  is  used  complete  in  every  Cyphers  Oil-Heated 
Brooder  is  readily  removable,  leaving  the  entire 
interior  of  the  case  for  use  of  the  growing  chicks. 

Heavier  and  better  materials  are  used  in  these 
brooder  cases  than  in  lower  priced  goods.  Each  one 
is  built  throughout  of  inch-thick  dressed  white  pine 
lumber,,  including  the  floor.  Every  case  is  built  in 
panels,  and  all  joints  are  substantially  made.  When 
set  up  the  roof  is  held  in  position  with  screw  hooks 
and  screw  eyes  that  are  located  on  the  interior  away 
from  the  weather.  There  are  but  six  "pieces" 
to  a  two-apartment  Cyphers  Style  A  Brooder — the 
roof,  floor  and  four  sides,  and  only  seven  pieces  to 
the  cases  of  the  Style  B  and  Style  C  three-apartraent 
types — the  roof,  floor,  four  sides  and  the  removable 
partition  between  the  hover  and  exercising  apart- 
ments. Each  case  is  so  con.structed  that  it  can  be 
shipped  knock-down  in  compact  form,  thus  obtain- 
ing low  freight  rates.  The  Fire-Proof  Heater  and 
Adaptable  Hover  are  securely  boxed  in  a  separate 
package,  thus  avoiding  danger  of  damaged  parts 
by  rough  handling  in  shipment. 

THE  CYPHERS  STYLE  A  OUTDOOR 
BROODER  (see  Figs.  13,  14  and  17)  is  recom- 
mended for  use  of  poultry  raisers  who  feel  that  they 
do  not  wish  to  invest  in  the  larger  sized  and  higher 
priced  three-apartment  outdoor  brooders.  The  Style  A 
is   equipped   with   the    Cyphers   Fire-Proof   Standard 


CYPHERS  STYLE  A  OUTDOOR  BROODER. 

(.Known  as  Storm   King  previous  to  1909.) 

Fire-Froofed. — Insurable. 

Fig.  13. — Two-Apartment,  Combination  Outdoor  Brooder  and  Colony 

Roosting   Coop.    Self-ventilating   and   self-regulating.     Built   throughout 

of  seven-eighths  inch  thick  lumber,  including  the  floor.    Has  double  door 

for  convenient  cleaning  and  summer  ventilation.    Large,  single-pane,  12x18- 

inch  window  with  substantial  frame.    Is  equipped  with  Cyphers  Fire-Proof 

Standard  Adaptable  Hover  and  Brooder  Heater  and  bears  the  "Inspected 

Brooder"  label  of  the  Underwriters'  Laboratories  (Inc.). 

61 


Fig.  14. — Shows  Cyphers  Style  A  Outdoor  Brooder  with  hover 
removed  and  roost  pole  in  place  for  use  of  Brooder  case  as  a  Colony 
Roosting  Coop.  Has  double  door  with  wire  mesh  protection  for 
night  ventilation. 

Adaptable  Hover  and  Brooder  Heater  and  bears  the 
Fire  Underwriters'  "Inspected  Brooder"  label.  It 
employs  top-heat  exclusively,  thus  giving  the  chicks 
free  use  of  all  space  underneath  the  hover.  It  is  self- 
ventilating  and  self -regulating. 

On  page  57,  Fig.  4,  we  illustrate  the  thermostat 
and  all  other  parts  of  complete  regulating  device 
used  on  Cyphers  Standard  Oil-Heated  Brooders,  all 
sizes.  This  thermostat  is  the  same  that  is  used  in  Stand- 
ard Cyphers  Incubators  and  is  reliable  in  action. 
Regulating  device,  complete,  is  attached  to  and  sold 
with  the  Adaptable  Hover  as  a  separate  article,  and 
this  hover  is  used  in  every  Cyphers  Oil-Heated  Brooder, 
including  the  indoor  type;  therefore,  the  Adaptable 
Hover  itself  and  the  full  line  of  Cyphers 
Oil-Heated  Brooders  are  self-regulating. 
PARTICULAR  ATTENTION  is  called 
to  Fig.  15  which  shows  the  form  of  double- 
frame  door  used  for  the  hover  apartment  of 
the  Style  A  Cyphers  Outdoor  Brooder  and 
for  the  exercising  apartment  of  the  Style  B 
and  Style  C  Three-Apartment  Outdoor 
Brooders  and  Combination  Colony  Roosting 
Coops.  The  inner  door,  containing  the 
12  X  18-inch  glass  panel,  opens  upward 
for  ventilating  purposes,  and  is  held  in  posi- 
tion by  a  heavy  wire  hook.  The  length  of 
this  hook  is  such  that  it  holds  the  glass-panel 
door  at  the  right  slant  to  prevent  rain  from 
beating  into  the  brooder.  To  the  inside  of 
the  outer  frame,  i.  e.,  to  the  26  x  19-inch  door 
frame  that  opens  to  the  left,  wire-mesh 
screen  is  fastened  securely.  It  is  galvanized 
instead  of  being  painted,  hence  will  not 
corrode  for  several  years. 

BY  THE  USE  OF  THESE  DOUBLE- 
FRAME    DOORS    we    secure    several 


CYPHERS  STYLE  A  OUTDOOR  BROODER 


advantages,  including  the  following:  A  large  door 
opening  to  one  side,  out  of  the  way  for  cleaning 
purposes;  a  door,  the  sill  of  which  is  on  a  level  with 
the  floor  of  the  exercising  room,  which  facilitates  clean- 
ing; a  convenient  means  for  obtaining  ample  venti- 
lation, while  at  the  same  time  preventing  cats,  rats 
and  other  enemies  of  chicks  from  gaining  access  to  the 
brooder,  and  a  protection  against  rain  beating  in  when 
the  inner  door  is  hooked  open  for  purposes  of  ventilation, 

EXPERIENCED  OPERATORS  will  note  with 
approval  that  no  top  light,  through  glass  placed  in  the 
roof,  is  supplied  to  the  interior  of  Cyphers  Outdoor 
Brooders.  Top  light,  through  glass  that  admits  the 
direct  rays  of  the  sun,  is  a  common  cause  of  over- 
heated chicks,  resulting  in  losses  from  bowel  trouble. 

An    inspection    of    the    numerous    illustrations 

herewith   (see  following  pages  also)  will  demonstrate 

the  ease  with  which   all   styles  of  Cyphers  Outdoor 

Brooders     can 

be  thoroughly 

cleaned. 

NOTICE:  — 
This  brooder, 
like  all  other 
Cyphers  styles 
(A,  B,  C  and  D) 
can  be  used 
indoors  as  well 
as  outdoors 
with  equal 
success  and 
safety.  Re- 
member that 
every  Standard 
CyphersBrooder 
bears  the  Fire 
Underwriters'  "Inspected  Brooder"  label;  therefore, 
buildings  in  which  or  near  which  they  are  operated 
are  insurable. 

Dimensions:  Floor  space,  32  x  32  inches;  height, 
32  inches  in  front,  24  inches  at  rear.  Capacity 
(normal),    seventy-five    newly-hatched    chicks;    hover 


Fig.  IS.— Shows  convenient  form  of  Double 
Door  used  for  hover  apartment  of  Style  A 
Cyphers  Outdoor  Brooder  and  for  exercising 
apartment  of  the  Style  B  and  Style  C 
Three-Apartment  Outdoor  Brooders  and 
Combination  Colony  Roosting  Coops.  Cleats 
are  used  in  place  of  rabbiting,  thus  avoiding 
weakness  in  window  and  door  frames. 


Fig.  16. — Shows  Home-Made  Exercising  Apartment  used  in  con 
Style  A  Outdoor  Brooder.  This  Apartment,  consisting  of  a  packing  c 
roof,  floor  and  window  added,  costs  a  few  cents  less  than  one  dollar, 


Fig.  17.— Rear  view  of  Cyphers  Style  A  Outdoor  Brooder  with 
part  of  rear  wall  cut  away,  showing  location  of  hover.  Cover  is 
raised  for  cleaning  purposes.  Note  position  of  Fire-proof  Heater 
Compartment,  mirror  attachment,  etc. 

space  for  twice  that  number.  For  price  of  Cyphers 
Style  A  Fire-Proofed  Insurable  Brooder,  see  page  79. 
HOME-MADE  EXERCISING  APARTMENT 
Cyphers  Company  Customers  who  buy  the  Style  A 
Two-Apartment  Brooder  (above  described  and 
formerly  known  as  the  Storm  King)  are  advised  to 
construct  a  home-made  exercising  apartment  for  use 
of  the  chicks  during  inclement  weather.  An 
exercising  apartment  is  of  great  value  when  chicks 
have  to  be  kept  confined  in  an  outdoor  brooder  several 
days  at  a  time,  unless  the  brooder  itself  can  be  moved 
indoors  without  too  great  inconvenience,  in  which 
case  the  room  or  enclosure  in  which  the  brooder  is 
located  will  furnish  exercising  space  for  the  chicks. 
See  Fig.  16  for  illustration  (from  photograph)  of 
home-made,  well-lighted  exercising  apartment, 
built  out  of  a  goods  box  or  packing  case,  at  a  cost  of 
less  than  one  dollar,  not  includ- 
ing labor.  For  a  suitable  window, 
buy  a  stock-size  single  or  double- 
pane  ordinary-  cellar  window  sash, 
hinge  it  at  the  top,  and  have  the 
bottom  rail  three  or  four  inches 
above  the  surface  of  the  floor.  This 
brooder  will  then  be  of  the  same 
tj'pe  as  the  Cyphers  Style  B  and 
Style  C,  as  illustrated  and  described 
on  the  following  pages: — By  long 
odds  the  best  type  of  out- 
door brooders  thus  far  in- 
vented for  use  in  different 
with  Cyphers    climates    and     during     severe 

■n  a  slant,  with 

t  counted.  Weather. 


CYPHERS  STYLE  B  OUTDOOR  BROODER 

(Known  as  Style  A  previous  to  1909) 

FIRE-PROOFED— INSURABLE 

Most  Popular  "Foster  Mother"  Made  and  Sold  in  any  Country  at  Any  Price. 
Tens  of  Thousands  in  Use,  and    They   are    Giving    Universal  Satisfaction 


THIS    BROODER    possesses    all    the    valuable 
features  found  in  the  Style  A  two-apartment 
brooder  and  is  twice  as  large.     It  is  equipped 
with    the    Standard    Cyphers    Fire-Proof    Adaptable 
Hover   complete   and   bears   the   Fire   Underwriters' 
"Inspected  Brooder"  label. 

Cyphers  Style  B  Outdoor  Brooder  is  a  three- 
apartment  brooder,  and  for  this  reason  is  strongly 
recommended  by  us  to  all  poultry  raisers  as  the  best 
product  of  our  fifteen  years'  experience  in  outdoor 
brooder  construction.  Remember,  it  is  not  a  question 
of  price — it  is  a  question  of  raising  the  chicks! 
This  brooder  will  do  it  where  all  others  fail.  It  is 
durably  built,  automatic  in  action  and  with  proper 
care  will  last  ten  years  or  more. 

THREE  APARTMENTS:— The  apartment  under 
the  hover  is  the  warmest  at  all  times  when  brooder  is 
in  operation;  the  apartment  in  which  the  hover  is 
located  is  next  warmest;  then  there  is  the  cool  exer- 
cising room,  with  large  glass  window  and  double 
door,  in  which  the  chicks  obtain  the  necessarj'  exercise 
during  stormy  weather  and  become  gradually  hard- 
ened before  they  are  allowed  freedom  out  of  doors 
during  the  cold  days  of  early  spring. 

Fig.  18  shows  the  Cyphers  Style  B  Outdoor  Brooder 
complete,  with  both  large  doors  closed  for  the  night 
or  on  account  of  stormy  weather.  Note  the  sub- 
stantial construction  of  this  brooder,  its  convenient 
shape  and  the  large,  single-pane  windows  which  insure 
plenty  of  light  for  the  chicks  and  healthful  conditions. 

This  brooder  is  practically  automatic  in  opera- 
tion. It  is  both  self-ventilating  and  self-regulating 
and  takes  care  of  itself,  day  or  night,  Uke  a  Standard 
Cyphers  Incubator.  The  chicks  entrusted  to  it  require 
attention  only  three  times 
daily — at  feeding  times.  Its  use 
saves  time,  saves  labor  and 
saves  the  lives  of  the  chicks. 

The  operator  of  this  brooder 
does  not  have  to  run  to  it  every 
hour — or  oftener;  does  not  have 
to  nurse  it  like  a  sick  child;  does 
not  have  to  pen  the  chicks  up  in 
a  corner  or  small  space  every 
stormy  day;  does  not  have  to 
"put  the  chicks  to  bed  and  tuck 
them  in"  every  night  or  when 
the  weather  turns  cool.  If  you 
value  your  time,  your  chicks 
and  your  peace  of  mind,  buy 
and  operate  an  outdoor  brooder 
worthy  of  the  name,  not  some 
make-shift  affair  simply  because 
it  is  cheap.     If  you  cannot  raise 


the  chicks,  you  cannot  succeed  in  your  poultry  work!  It 
is  of  no  use  to  hatch  chickens  unless  they  can  be  safely 
and  profitably  raised  to  market  age  or  to  maturity.  In 
planning  your  poultry  enterprise,  this  brooding  question 
is  of  vital  importance.  Better  stick  to  hens  than  buy 
and  use  a  cheap  and  worthless  incubator.  And  it  means 
a  double  loss  to  entrust  little  chickens  to  a  flimsily- 
built,  wrongly-constructed,  death-trap  brooder. 

Fig.  20  shows  the  Cyphers  Style  B  Brooder  in 
use,  with  the  smaller  door  of  the  exercising  apart- 
ment part  way  open.  This  door  is  held  in  position 
by  a  wire  hook,  and  protects  the  interior  of  the 
brooder  from  rain.  Back  of  this  door  may  be  seen 
the  heavy  wire  screen  that  protects  the  interior  of 
the  brooder  from  cats  and  other  animals  that  prey 
on  chicks.  Practical  poultrymen  will  at  once  appre- 
ciate the  value  of  this  feature. 

In  this  illustration  showing  the  exterior  view  of 
the  Cyphers  Style  B  Outdoor  Brooder  we  again  call 
special  attention  to  the  large  single-pane  window  lights, 
also  to  the  substantial  window  and  door  frames.  This 
brooder  is  well  lighted,  durably  built,  and  symmetrical 
in  appearance.  The  floor  is  in  one  piece,  and  the 
floors  of  the  hover  and  exercising  apartment  are  on 
the  same  level,  avoiding  the  use  of  steps  or  inclined 
runways  for  the  chicks  to  climb.  All  of  these  valuable 
features  combine  to  make  this  the  most  popular 
type  of  brooder  In  use  at  the  present  time.  They  add 
somewhat  to  the  cost  of  construction,  but  they  save 
the  chicks — and  that  is  what  counts! 

Fig.  15  shows  the  convenient  form  of  double 
door  of  the  exercising  apartment  of  the  Style  B  and 
Style  C  Cyphers  Outdoor  Brooders  and  of  the  hover 
apartment  of  the  Style  A  type.     This  form  of  double 


CYPHERS  STYLE  B  OUTDOOR  BROODER. 
Most  Popular  Brooder  In  Use. 
Fire-Proofed. — Insurable. 
18.— Shows  Brooder  closed  for  the  night  and  on  stormy  days.    Is  both  self-ventilating 


CYPHERS  STYLE  B  OUTDOOR  BROODER 


door — wire  protected — has  never  been  excelled  in  out- 
door brooder  construction.  It  is  highly  valuable,  both 
for  ventilation  and  as  a  protection  to  the  chicks. 

AN  EXCLUSIVE  FEATURE  in  the  Cyphers 
Style  B  and  Style  C  Outdoor  Brooders  is  illustrated 
in  Fig.  19.  We  refer  to  the  unique  construction  of 
the  chick  doors  in  the  partition  which  separa,tes  the 
hover  and  exercising  apartments.  An  opening  or  chick 
door  is  located  at  either  end  of  the  partition,  close 
to  the  floor,  which  leaves  the  center  board  in  place 
on  a  line  between  the  outdoor  chick  exit  and 
the  space  underneath  the  hover,  thus  furnishing  a  wind- 
break to  protect  the  chicks  under  the  hover.  This  con- 
struction also  does  away  with  four  corners  in  these 
brooders,  thereby  practically  eliminating  the  danger 
of  small  chicks  losing  their  way  to  the  hover.  Each 
of  these  chick  openings  is  covered  with  a  slitted  felt 
curtain,  and  the  double  wooden  door  is  closeable  at 
night  or  at  any  time  it  is  desired  to  confine  the  chicks 
in  the  hover  apartment  for  greater  warmth,  or  to  the 
exercising  apartment  while  the  hover  apartment  is 
being  cleaned  and  aired. 

Fig.  23  shows  a  valuable  feature  to  be  found  on 
all  styles  of  Cyphers  Outdoor  Brooders,  consisting  of 
a  metal  door  with  grooved  metal  slides  for  closing 
the  chick  exit  in  a  water  tight  manner.  See  illus- 
tration. This  metal  door  will  not  swell,  split  or  stick. 
Engaging  the  turned  metal  runways  and  jam  in  the 
way  that  it  does,  it  keeps  out  rain,  snow  and  wind. 

The  fronts,  ends,  backs  and  tops  of  all  Standard 
Cyphers  Brooders  are  built  in  panels,  like  well- 
constructed  incubators.  In  place  of  being  cheaply 
thrown  together  and  fastened  with  cleats,  these  panels 
are  built  of  selected,  tongued  and  grooved  pieces, 
tenoned  and  mortised  at  the  ends  and  securely  glued 
and  nailed  together,  making  air-tight  joints,  thus  con- 
fining the  heat  and  excluding  the  cold. 


CYPHERS  STYLE  B  OUTDOOR  BROODER. 
(Formerly  known  as  Style  A.) 
Fire-Proofed. — Insurable. 
c=if  ^5;.?''-~Three-Apartment    Combination  Outdoor  Brooder  and  Colony  Roosting  Coop. 
Self-ventilating  and  self-reEulating.     Built  throughout  of  seven-eighths  inch  thick  lumber. 
F  oors  of  hover  and  exercising  apartments  on  same  level.     Large,  single-pane.  12  x  18  inch 
windows  with  substantial  frames.     Double  doors  to  exercising  apartment  for  ready  cleaning. 
4^,  "''^,"'"'■2    "^    °    °I  4"™"?er  ventilation.     Is  equipped  with  Cyphers  Fire-Proof  Standard 
writer^lib      t^"'-      fl      1°  ^^"^''  ''"''  "^^^  "Inspected  Brooder"  label  of  the  Under- 


Fig  19  — Shows  chick  doors  in  partition  between  hover  and 
exercising  apartments  in  Cyphers  Stile  B  and  Sts  le  C  Outdoor 
Brooders  Form  of  construction  avoids  four  comers  Doors  are 
hung  with  slitted  felt  curtains,  and  center  board  protects  space 
underneath  hover  from  direct  druft  through  outdoor  chick  exit. 
Double  wooden  door  is  closeable  at  night  or  during  extra  cold 
weather. 

Fig.  22  shows  the  Cyphers  Style  B  Outdoor 
Brooder  with  the  Adaptable  Hover  (or  hover  part)  and 
the  apartment  partition  removed,  with  roost  pole  in 
position  for  use  of  this  substantial  and  roomy  structure 
as  a  colony  roosting  coop.  The  chicks  brooded  in  this 
combination  brooder  and  roosting  coop  can  thus  be 
kept  in  the  same  enclosure  from  the  day  they  are  first 
placed  there  until  they  are  ready  for  market  or  to  be 
separated  as  to  sex. 

Customers  who  buy  these  brooders,  instead  of 
relying  on  home-made  brooders,  not  only  get  the  bene- 
fit of  our  long  experience,  but  get  brooders  that  are 
complete  in  fact,  not  hit-or-miss  affairs  that  are 
liable  to  be  defective  in  some  essential  point. 
Please  remember  that  every  feature  in  the  design  and 
construction  of  these  standard  brooders  is  really 
important.  We  know  this  to  be  true — and  so  do 
our  thousands  of  customers.  Our  sincere  advice  is: 
buy  the  right  kind  of  brooders  at  the  start. 
Do  not  waste  time,  labor  and  money  killing  chicks 
in  cheap,  worthless  makes.  Use  the  best  from  the 
first,  and  our  word  for  it  you  will  save  the  difference 
in  cost  within  six  months' 
time.  The  main  reason  why 
many  people  who  "try  their 
hand"  at  poultry  raising  do 
not  meet  with  better  success  is 
because  they  invest  in  poor  tools 
to  work  with  in  hopes  of  saving 
money.  Do  not  make  this 
common  mistake. 

Dimensions  of  Cyphers  Style 
B  Three-Apartment  Colony 
Brooder:  Floor  space,  32  x  62 
inches;  height,  32  inches  in  front, 
2-1  inches  at  rear.  Capacity 
(normal),  one  hundred  newly- 
hatched  chicks;  can  accommo- 
date one  hundred  and  fifty  chicks. 
Shipped  knock-down. 

For  price  of  Cyphers  Style 
B  Outdoor  Brooder  and  Colony 
Coop,  see  page  79. 


CYPHERS  STYLE  C  OUTDOOR  BROODER 

Has  Double-Insulated  Hover  Apartment 

FIRE-PROOFED— INSURABLE 

THIS    SELF-VENTILATING  AND 
SELF-REGULATING,    Three- 
Apartment    Outdoor  Colony 
Brooder  has  all   the  good  points  of  the 
two  brooders  hereinbefore  described,  and 
one  more — it  is  built  extra  warm  for 
use  in  northern  latitudes  and  dur- 
ing severe  cold   weather.     The  hover 
apartment  is  double  walled  with  a  dead- 
air  space  between  the  walls;  the  roof  has 
double  insulation  and  the  hover  apart- 
ment window  is  fitted  with  double  glass 
with  an  air  space  between.     This  brooder 
is  of  the  same  dimensions  as  the  Standard 
Style  B,  and  is  recommended  for  use  in 
the  more  northern  States  and  in  Canada  during  the 
wintry  weather  of  February  and   March  by  poultry 
keepers  who  wish  to  entrust  extra  valuable  chicks  to 
the  care  of  an  individual  outdoor  brooder.     Expense 
has    not     been    spared    on    this 
brooder  in  building  it  to~meet  the 
demands  of  a  comparatively  small 
but  important  class  of  trade. 

Fig.  21  shows  an  excellent  view 
of  the  Cyphers  Style  C  Colony  Out- 
door Brooder,  with  door  to  hover 
apartment  open,  showing  Standard 
Adaptable  Hover  in  position  and  door 
of  exercising  apartment  ajar,  with 
smaller  door  hooked  up  for  summer 
ventilation,  exposing  interior  of  apart- 
ment and  showing  weather-proof 
metal  door  to  chick  exit.  Below 
lower  rail  of  hover  apartment  is  a  removable  wooden 


Fig.  22.— Shows  Cyphers  Style  B  (also  Style  C)  Outdoor  Brooder  with  Adaptable 
Hover  and  apartment  partition  removed  for  use  of  brooder  case  as  a  Colony  Roosting 

■ght  ventilation. 


Coop.    Note  roomy  interior  and  heavily  screened  double  door  for  i 


Fig  23  — \  lew  of  Chick  E\ 
C\  phers  Indoor  and  O  u  t  d 
Brooder-  all  t,t\  le»  show  ing  stc 
proof  and  water-tight  const 
tion.  Metal  sliding  door  is  used 
that  does  not  swell  with  moisture. 
Metal  door  sill  is  water-tight. 


Strip  which  enables  the  attendant  to  clean  this 


?  Style  A  previous 


CYPHERS  STYLE  C  OUTDOOR 
Fire-Proofed,  Insurable,  Self-Venlilaling  aiid  Self-Regulating. 
Fig.  21. — Same  in  all  respects  as  the  popular  Style  B  Brooder  (known  a: 
to  1909)  except  that  hover  apartment  has  double  walls  with  air-tight  space  betweeii,  and' 
to  hover  apartment  has  double  glass  with  air  space  between.    Recommended  for  special  use  in 
more  northern  latitudes  and  very  early  in  season  for  extra  valuable  chicks.     Is  equipped  with 
Cyphers  Fire-Proof  Brooder  Heater  and  Standard  Adaptable  Hover  and  bears  "Inspected 
Brooder    label  of  the  Underwriters'  Laboratories  (Inc.). 


ment  with  ease.  When  this  strip  is  removed  the  floor 
to  both  apartments  is  on  a  level  with  the  door  sill; 
hence  litter,  etc.,  can  be  scraped  out  without  obstruc- 
tion. This  same  advantage  will  be  found  in -the  Style  B 
Outdoor  Brooder. 

Fig.  24  shows  the  Cyphers  Style 
C     Three-Apartment     Brooder     with 
top  removed  and  placed  back  of  case, 
also  with  front  removed  and  placed  at 
right  hand  of  case.     This  view  shows 
interior    of    case,    including  partition 
with  double  chick  door  between   the 
two  apartments,  also  double  walls  to 
hover  apartment  and  double  insula- 
tion to  roof  of  this  apartment.     The 
floor  of  the  Style  B  Three-Apartment 
Cyphers  Outdoor  Brooder  consists  of 
one    piece,    hence    the    floors    of    the 
hover  and  exercising  apartments  are  on  a  level  and 
there  are  no  steps  or  inclines  for  the  chicks  to 
run  up  and  down.     By  locat- 
ing the  floors  of  the  two  apart- 
ments on  a  level  the  heat  in  the 
two    apartments    equalizes    to 
better  advantage,  and  the  exer- 
cising  room    is   several   degrees 
warmer  in  this  type  than  was  the 
case  in  the  older  styles  of  out- 
door brooders  in  which  the  floor 
of  the  exercising  apartment  was 
a  number  of  inches  below  that 
of  the  hover  apartment. 

Fig.  22  shows  the  Cyphers 
Style  C  Combination  Outdoor 
Brooder  and  Colony  House  with 
the  Adaptable  Hover  and  the 
partition  between  the  two  apart- 
ments both  removed  and  a  roost 
pole  located  in  a  convenient  posi- 
tion for  the  use  of  growing 
chicks.     By  removing  the  hover 


CYPHERS  STYLE  C  OUTDOOR  BROODER 


and  partition  the  chicks  in  the 
Cyphers  Style  B  and  Style  C  Out- 
door Brooders  have  a  roosting  space 
3.2  X  62  inches  in  size.  When  either 
of  these  brooders  is  used  as  a  roost- 
ing coop  the  smaller  door  to  the 
exercising  apartment  is  raised  and 
hooked  in  place,  thus  giving  ample 
ventilation,  while  at  the  same  time 
the  heavy  wire  mesh  that  is  fastened 
to  the  inner  side  of  the  larger  door 
protects  the  chicks  at  night. 

The  Cyphers  Style  C  Brooder  is 
equipped  with  the  Cyphers  Fire- 
Proof    Heater     and     Standard 
Adaptable  Hover,  and  therefore  is  insurable,  each 
brooder  bearing  the  "Inspected  Brooder"  label  of  the 
Underwriters'  Laboratories  (Inc.). 

Dimensions:  Floor  space,  32  x  62  inches;  height, 
32  inches  in  front,  24  inches  at  rear.  Capacity  (nor- 
mal), one  hundred  newly-hatched  chicks;  can  accom- 


Fig.  24. — Shows  the  Cyphers  Style  C  Three-Apartment  Outdoor  Brooder  and  Colony 
Roosting  Coop  with  top  and  front  removed.  e.\-posing  interior  of  case.  Note  double  walls 
of  hover  apartment  and  double  insulation  of  roof.  Also  note  position  of  two  chick  doors  in 
partition  between  hover  and  exercising  apartments. 

modate  one  hundred  and  fifty  chicks.  Shipped  knock- 
down at  low  freight  rates.  For  prices  of  Cyphers 
iire-proofed  and  insurable  brooders,  see  page  79. 

NOTICE— This  brooder,  like  all  other  Cyphers 
Company  styles,  can  be  used  indoors  as  well  as  out- 
doors with  equal  success  and  safety. 


"WOULDN'T  BE  WITHOUT  YOUR  BROODERS" 

Oakdale,  Cal.,  August  3,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  got  one  of  your  small  Outdoor  Brooders  last  spring  and  was 
very  much  pleased  with  it.  During  the  month  of  March  we  had 
a  week  of  continual  rain.  The  little  chicks  ran  in  and  out  and  not 
one  of  them  died  during  that  storm.  I  raised  two  lots  of 
chicks  in  it  last  spring.  I  wouldn't  be  without  your  Brooders  and 
attempt  to  raise  chickens.  BEN  RINEHART. 


"DECIDED  TO  USE  ONLY  THE  CYPHERS" 

Route  5.  Pine  City,  Minn.,  July  23,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y .— 

Having  decided  this  spring  to  go  into  the  poultry  business  rather 
extensively,  the  selection  of  the  make  of  incubator  and  brooder  was 
a  rather  difficult  matter,  so  /  selected  three  incubators  and 
brooders  of  different  makes  so  as  to  give  them  a  practical  test. 
I  have  decided  in  the  future  to  use  only  the  Cyphers  Incuba- 
tor and  Brooder^  as  I  have  had  the  best  results  from  them. 

J    F    CONROY. 


CYPHERS  COMPiW  \D\PT\BLE  HON  ER 
IN  SERVICE 
One  of  the  mans  w  a\  =;  m  which  the  C%  phers  Company 
Adaptable  Hover  can  be  adapted  to  suit  the  various  require- 
ments of  poultrymen  The  illustration  from  photograph,  shows 
brooder  on  "Fostercraft  Poultry  Farm  Chas  E  Foster,  Pro- 
prietor, Danvers,  Masi 


"  DURING  ZERO  WEATHER  CHICKS  WERE 
COMFORTABLE" 

Forest  City.  Iowa,  November  21,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  F.— 

During  the  past  season  I  have  used  one  of  your  Style  C  Outdoor 
Brooders.  I  have  had  experience  with  several  other  brooders  but 
your  Style  C  is  far  superior  to  any  of  the  others.  It  does  all  that 
you  claim  for  it,  and  more,  as  I  had  occasion  to  use  it  during  zero 
weather  and  the  chicks  were  kept  as  comfortable  as  they 
would  have  been  under  "  Biddie,"  and  the  brooder  was  placed 
out  in  the  open  and  had  no  protection  from  the  weather. 

Your  Beef  Scrap  is  the  purest  of  any  I  have  ever  used,  and  no 
poultryman  ought  to  be  without  your  Scratching  and  Developing 
Foods,  as  the  use  of  them  means  dollars  to  the  poultryman. 
J.  A.  PETERS 

"  I  HAD  THE  FIRELESS  CRAZE  " 

Moodus,  Conn.,  March  6,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo.  N.  Y.^ 

I  had  the  "  fireless  "  craze  this  February  and  tried  one  early 
lot  on  the  fireless  plan.  On  the  third  day,  after  loosing  more  than 
thirty  per  cent,  of  the  chicks,  I  put  the  balance  in  one  of  your  reg- 
ular Style  B  Outdoor  Brooders,  equipped  with  your  Self-Regulating 
Adaptable  Hover,  and  now,  four  weeks  later,  have  all  of  the 
chicks  left  but  one.  No  more  "  fireless  "  for  me  for  early  hatches 
when  I  can  get  your  brooders  to  do  the  job.  /  have  eight  of 
these  brooders  now  in  use  and  shall  not  again  "take  chances." 
CONECREST   POULTRY  YARDS,  C.  A.  Russell. 


"MONEY  WOULDN'T  BUY  THIS  BROODER" 

R.  R.  No.  3,  Clarksville,  Iowa,  May  29,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo.  N.  Y. — 

Perhaps  you  would  be  pleased  to  know  how  I  like  your  Out- 
door Brooder,  Style  B,  1909  pattern.  It  is  the  best  Brooder  I 
ever  saw.  Met  with  the  mishap  of  getting  poor  oil  in  lamp;  the 
pipes  filled  up  with  soot,  but  lamp  was  burning  all  O.  K.  and  no 
damage  was  done  to  chicks  or  brooder  in  spite  of  heavy  wind  and 
an  April  snow  storm.  Money  wouldn't  buy  this  brooder  if  I 
couldn't  get  another  like  it.  It  is  as  you  advertise — it  is  right  in 
every  way.  MRS.  G.  W.  BROCKWAY. 


"WARM,  COMFORTABLE  AND  HAPPY" 

Willmar,  Minn.,  May  27,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

1  received  the  three-apartment  Style  B  Outdoor  Brooder  in  fine 
shape  and  everything  fitted  correctly.  I  think  the  brooder  is  a 
dandy — the  best  I  have  seen,  and  I  have  seen  a  good  many.  Now 
have  a  fine  bunch  of  28  chicks  in  it.  iVo  matter  how  stormy  the 
weather  is  a  person  can  see  the  chicks  in  the  brooder — warm, 
comfortable  and  happy.  HAROLD  J.  HENNINGS, 


CYPHERS  STYLE  D  INDOOR  BROODER 

For  Use  in  Dwellings,  Stables,  Poultry  Houses,  Etc. 

FIRE-PROOFED— INSURABLE 

AS  before  stated,  the  usefulness  and 
j\  actual  value  of  a  non-insurable 
outdoor  brooder  is  reduced  fully 
fifty  per  cent,  as  compared  with  an  insur- 
able outdoor  brooder,  because  the  former 
cannot  be  used  in  or  near  valuable  property 
that  is  covered  by  fire  insurance,  whereas 
the  value  of  an  indoor  brooder  that  is  not 
insurable  is  practically  destroyed  by 
action  of  the  associated  fire  insurance  interests 
in  refusing  to  permit  the  use  of  such  devices 
in  buildings  that  are  insured  or  the  contents 
of  which  are  insured,  or  in  any  place  that 
exposes  insured  property  to  danger  of  loss 
by  fire.  It,  therefore,  is  of  prime  importance 
to  every  poultry  raiser  who  wishes  to  use  an 
Indoor  Brooder  that  the  device  shall  be 
fire-proofed  and  insurable.  Such  a 
device  we  offer  in  the  Cyphers  Style  D  ' 
Indoor  Brooder. 

This    insurable   Indoor   Brooder    is 
practically  the  same  in  all  respects  as  the 
Style  A  outdoor  type,  described  on  pages  61 
and  62,  except  that  the  upper  half  is  more 
convenient   in  shape  and  construction 
for  indoor  use.     Fig.   26  shows  the  large 
glass  window  put  in  on  a  slant  to  face  the  sunlight  or  a 
window    of   apartment    in    which    the    brooder   is   to 
be  used;  also  top  of  brooder,  part  of  which  is  a  cover 
or  lid  giving  access  to  the  interior  of  the  case  at  rear 
in  caring  for  the  chicks  and  regulating  the  heat  under 
the  hover.     Immediately  beneath   this  hinged   lid   is 
located  a  wire-covered  frame  that  slides  back  and 
forth  under  the  permanent  part  of  top  of  case.     This 
wired  and  rat-proof  frame  is  for  night  ventilation  and 


Fig.  25. — Quartering  view  of  Cyphers  Style  D  Indoor  Brooder, 
with  part  of  case  cut  away  showing  interior  of  hover  apartment 
with  hover  in  position.  Note  large  single-pane  window  and  its 
convenient  position  for  cleaning  interior  of  hover  apartment. 


CYPHERS  STYLE  D  INDOOR  BROODER. 

(For  use  in  Dwellings.  Stables,  Poultry  Houses,  etc.) 

Fire-Proofed — Insurable. 

Fig.  26. — Same  in  all  respects  as  Cyphers  Style  A  Outdoor  Brooder  (see 

Fig.  13,  page  61).  except  that  upper  half  is  designed  specially  for  convenient 

indoor    use.     Is   equipped    with    Cyphers    Fire-Proof    Heater    and    Standard 

Adaptable  Hover,  and  bears  the  Fire  Underwriters'  "Inspected  Brooder"  label. 

enables  the  attendant  to  control  the  chicks  confined  in 
the  brooder  while  caring  for  them,  cleaning  out  litter, 
etc.  This  type  of  brooder,  equipped  complete  with 
the  Standard  Cyphers  Adaptable  Hover,  is  for  use  in 
any  kind  of  building  where  chicks  may  be  kept,  including 
rooms  in  dwellings  or  suitable  places  in  barns,  sheds  or 
poultry  houses.  They  furnish  a  comfortable  lodging  place 
for  early  hatched  chicks  direct  from  the  incubator. 

The  Style  D  Cyphers  Indoor  Brooder  should  be 
used  in  rooms  or  enclosures  in  which  the  chicks  can 
exercise  freely  during  the  day  time,  or  in  poultry 
houses  equipped  with  pens  to  be  used  by  the  chicks  as 
runways.  Interested  persons  should  bear  in  mind  first 
to  last  that  growing  chicks,  in  order  to  do  well,  must 
have  abundant  light,  pure  air,  proper  food  and 
PLENTY  OF  EXERCISE. 

The  purchase  of  a  brooder,  for  either  indoor  or 
outdoor  use,  is  a  highly  important  matter.  Too  often 
persons  who  invest  in  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators — ■ 
and  who  say  that  they  would  use  no  other  make — seem 
to  be  indifferent  about  brooders  and  are  induced,  from 
one  cause  or  another,  to  try  cheaply-built,  wrongly- 
constructed  brooders,  and  then  find  it  impossible  to 
raise  a  satisfactory  percentage  of  the  chicks  they 
hatch.     Cyphers  Brooders  will  not  disappoint  you. 

Dimensions  of  Cyphers  Style  D  Indoor  Brooder: 
Floor  space,  32x32  inches;  height,  32  inches  in  front,  24 
inches  at  rear.  Capacity  (normal),  seventy-five  newly- 
hatched  chicks;  hover  space  for  twice  that  number. 

For  prices  of  Cyphers  fire-proofed  and  insurable 
brooders,  see  page  79. 


Improved  Cyphers  Chick  Shelters 

For  Use  in  Connection  with  the  Cyphers  Styles  A,  B  and  C  Outdoor  Colony  Brooders 


TO  meet  the  needs  of  our  many  customers  and  the 
poultry  pubhc  generally  we  designed  the  Im- 
proved Cyphers  Chick  Shelter,  as  illustrated  on 
this  page,  with  a  view  to  affording  greater  protection  to 
the  chicks  than  is  offered  by  the  ordinary  home-made 
wire-enclosed  runs.  By  use  of  this  shelter  the  chicks 
have  an  outdoor  run,  and  they  are  protected  from  sun 


most  natural  impulse  being  to  run  to  the  point  nearest 
the  brooder. 

SPECIAL — We  supply  storm-screens  of  water- 
proof sheeting,  two  for  the  small-size  shelter  and 
four  for  the  large-size,  in  the  form  of  closely  fitting 
panels  that  fit  in  over  the  wire  netting  {see  illus- 
trations), so  as  to  close  the  side  of  the  shelter  that 


The  weather-proof  storm-screens  keep 
out  wind  and  rain,  but  let  in  light.  Are 
worth  many  times  their  cost. 


Chick  Shelter,  with  Storm-Screens  in  Place. 

and  storm  and  also  from  marauding  animals  that  so 
often  reduce  the  flocks,  especially  where  chicks  are 
reared  on  town  and  city  lots. 

This  shelter  is  made  in  two  sizes,  the  larger  of 
which  is  12  feet  long  by  3  feet  wide.  It  is  20  inches 
high  in  front  and  14  inches  high  in  the  rear.  The  small 
shelter  is  one-half  as  long  as  the  large  size,  the  other 
dimensions  being  the  same.  The  front  and  back  are 
made  of  stout  wooden  frames  covered  with  small-mesh 
wire  netting.  One  end  is  made  to  fit  the  front  of  the 
Style  A,  Style  B  and  Style  C  Colony  Brooders.  The 
opposite  end  is  closed.  These  Chick  Shelters  also  fit 
the  Cyphers  Style  A,  Storm  King  and  Self-Regulating 
Colony  Brooders  made  and  sold  by  us  prior  to  1909. 

Among  the  improvements  in  this  Chick  Shelter  will 
be  found  a  chick  door  on  either  side  of  the  shelter  next 
to  the  brooder,  so  that  when  the  chicks  are  allowed  to 
run  outside  they  will  readily  find  their  way  back,  their 


is  toward  the  wind,  thus  forming  an  effective 
wind-break,  affording  positive  protection  against 
wind  and  storm,  and  insuring  a  comfortable, 
enclosed  outdoor  shelter  and  nursery,  so  that  the 
chicks  can  have  an  open-air  exercising  space  and 
will  be  safe  under  all  weather  conditions. 

The  roof  of  the  large-size  chick  shelter  is  con- 
structed in  two  separate  sections  so  that  the  roof  of 
either  section  can  be  raised  independently  of  the  other. 

PRICES  OF  CHICK  SHELTERS 
(Shipped  knock-down  at  low  freight  rate.) 

Small-size  Chick  Shelter,  3  by  6  feet,  complete 

with  waterproof  screens $5.50 

Large-size  Chick  Shelter,  3  by  12  feet,  com- 
plete with  waterproof  screens 8.50 


— a  method  by  which  the  chicks  are  under 
complete   control   and   entirely   safe   from 


or  Style  C  SeU-Regulatln£  Outdoor  Colony  Brooder. 


Sample  Reports— Cyphers  Company  Brooders 


ADAPTABLE  HOVERS  IN  HOME-MADE  BROODERS. 
Under  date  of  June  26,  1911,  Noah  R.  Kramer,  Souderdown, 
Pa.,  wrote:  "  I  am  very  well  pleased  with  the  Adaptable  Hovers. 
The  picture  sent  herewith  will  show  the  hover  at  work  in  home- 
made brooders.  The  photo  shows  my  four  sons— one  with  a  White 
Wyandotte,  one  with  a  Black  Leghorn,  one  with  a  Leghorn  cock, 
and  the  other  has  a  Partridge  Wyandotte  hen.  The  chicks  in  the 
brooder  are  White  Leghorns.  There  are  145  in  all,  which  is  too 
many,  but  as  I  did  not  have  any  more  hovers  I  put  them  all  in  and 
they  are  healthy.    All  the  goods  I  got  from  you  were  satisfactory.' 


"WOULD  NOT  BE  WITHOUT  BROODER  FOR  FIVE  TIMES 
ITS  COST" 

Baldwin,  L.  L,  N.  Y.,  November  13,  1911. 
Cyphers  Jncubaim  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  I'.— 

Have  been  using  a  Cyphers  Incubator  for  two  years  and  am 
well  pleased  with  it.  I  purchased  one  of  your  Brooders  last  season, 
and  consider  it  one  of  the  best  investments  I  have  yet  made.  Do 
not  see  how  it  can  be  improved  upon.  The  way  it  takes  care  of 
chicks  is  certainly  wonderful,  and  they  grow  like  weeds  in  it.  J 
would  not  be  without  this  Brooder  for  five  times  its  cost. 
I  can  heartily  recommend  your  Chick  Food  also,  as  I  have  found 
it  the  best  I  ever  used,  and  I  have  used  quite  a  number  of  other 
brands.  When  I  feed  Cyphers  Chick  Food,  the  chicks  have  no 
bowel  trouble.  Your  Chick  Food  has  given  excellent  results  and 
chicks  grow  like  weeds.  ALFRED  W.  BEDELL. 

"ABLE  TO  RAISE  90  TO  97  PER  CENT." 

Muskegon,  Mich.,  April  27,  1910. 
Cypheis  Incubalor  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

We  are  using  your  goods  extensively — Incubators,  Brooders, 
Chick  Food,  Developing  Food,  Laying  Food,  etc.,  also  Alfalfa  and 
Beef  Scraps.  We  are  able  to  raise  90  to  97  per  cent,  of  the 
chicks  in  your  Brooders,  fed  with  Cyphers  Chick  Food  and 
Developing  Foods.  Shall  want  several  more  Incubators,  also 
several  Brooders  in  the  near  future.  C.  A.  KEEFER, 

Edgemere  Farm. 

"PASSED  THROUGH  SEVERE  STORMS" 

Port  Clinton,  Ohio,  December  5,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubalor  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

My  first  hatch  this  season  was  94  chicks  from  115  eggs.  The 
chicks  were  bright,  healthy  httle  fellows  (White  Leghorns).  I 
put  them  in  a  Cyphers  Style  D  Outdoor  Brooder  and  raised  all 
but  two,  which  I  consider  fine.  They  passed  through  some 
severe  storms  and  continued  bad  weather,  but  they  grew 
right  along  as  usual  in  your  Brooders.  I  fed  them  your  Chick 
Food  and  Developing  Food,  Beef  Scrap  and  Grit. 

MRS.  MATTIE  £.  MOORE, 

R.  F.  D.  No.  2. 


"SHALL  THROW  THEM  ALL  OUT  AND  USE  CYPHERS" 

Orleans,  Mass.,  August  26,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  have  been  using  the  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Cyphers 
Brooders,  both  Indoor  and  Outdoor,  and  they  have  given  the  best 
of  satisfaction.  I  have  several  other  makes,  but  shall  throw 
them  all  out  the  coming  season  and  use  nothing  but  Cyphers, 
as  they  are  so  far  ahead  of  the  other  makes  that  I  have  used. 
J.  W.  RICHARDSON. 


"WHOLE   FARM   EOOTPPED   WITH  CYPHERS   GOODS" 

Lansing,  Kas.,  October  7,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

For  hatching  we  use  only  the  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator, 
believmg  that  with  it  we  can  hatch  the  largest  per  cent,  of  good, 
strong  healthy  chicks,  and  with  the  least  amount  of  trouble.  We 
ha\e  a  number  of  your  No.  3  size.  390-egg  Cyphers  Incubators 
which  have  been  in  use  three  years  and  they  are  as  reliable 
and  dependable  as  the  new  ones  purchased  of  you  a  week  ago. 
We  are  also  using  the  Style  D  Indoor  Brooders,  which  are  giving 
complete  satisfaction.  In  fact,  my  whole  farm  is  equipped 
\ith  C\phers  Company  goods,  even  to  the  drinking  fountains. 
A.  M.  GRAFF. 


THESE  ARE  NOT  FAIR  WEATHER  TOYS 

Naperville,  111.,  August  24.  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo.  N.  Y.— 

■  Your  Brooder  that  I  got  will  please  any  one.  /  never  lost 
a  chick  from  the  first  brood  and  have  never  had  chicks 
grow  as  well  as  they  did.  They  were  taken  out  of  my  Cyphers 
Incubator  and  put  in  Brooder  last  spring  during  the  time  that 
we  had  a  snow  storm  that  killed  all  of  the  fruit.  1  use 
your  Chick  Food,  and  it  is  the  best  that  I  have  ever  used. 

E.  G.  SIMPSON. 

"COST  A  LOT  OF  MONEY  TO  GET  EDUCATED" 

Memphis,  Tenn,,  December  13,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubalor  Co.,  Buffalo,  ^^  Y. — 

You  certainly  have  the  goods.  A  man  could  not  give  me 
anything  but  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Colony  Brooders.  It  cost 
me  a  lot  of  money  to  get  educated  up  to  this  point,  but  I  am  proud 
to  say  that  now  I  can  go  to  bed  at  night,  sleep  soundly  and 
never  give  either  incubator  or  brooder  a  thought.  1  tried 
several  of  the  hot-water  "tanks"  and  cracker-box  brooders,  and 

when  I  got  up  to  the I  thought  I  had  reached  the  top. 

but  I  was  mistaken,  as  that  brooder  was  certainly  the  Umit.  Many 
a  morning  I  found  all  my  chicks  as  black  as  coal  or  nearly  dead 
from  lamp  fumes.  I  have  four  big  Cyphers  Incubators  now  going, 
and  two  have  just  hatched.  I  will  keep  them  going  until  summer.' 
In  January  I  will  buy  four  more  Cyphers  Brooders. 

W.  H.  BALLARD. 


THIS  WOMAN  HAD  FAITH  IN  THEM 

Coulwood,  Va.,  August  24,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo.  N.  Y .— 

In  May  I  paid  a  high  price  for  a  sitting  of  fifteen  eggs  from 
the  famous  White  Orpington  that  produced  263  eggs  in  272  days, 
mated  to  a  son  of  Crystal  King  and  Peggy.  /  had  just  received 
two  of  your  three-apartment  Style  B  Brooders  and  I  decided 
to  place  my  twelve  precious  babies  in  one  of  them.  It  did  all 
and  even  more  than  you  claimed  for  it.  /  still  have  my  twelve 
babiesl  They  are  three  months'  old  and  weigh  nearly  3 'A  lbs. 
each  on  the  average.  /  raised  75  Brown  Leghorn  chicks  in 
the  other  Brooder  and  have  never  had  a  sick  chicken  yet. 

No  more  mother  hens  for  me.  ..  , „ 

MRS.  S.  A.  JOHNSON. 


NO  FAILURE  HERE  ! 
Photographic  view  sent  to  us  October  9,  1911,  by  A.  H. 
Weisburg,  Nevada,  Mo.,  who  says  :  "The  eight  Cyphers  Style  B 
Brooders  shown  in  picture  each  successfully  raised  three  broods  of 
Cyphers-hatched  chicks  this  season.  Am  also  using  other  Cyphers 
Company  appliances  and  supplies,  and  am  well  pleased  with  all." 


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"ONE  OF  THE  COLDEST  NIGHTS" 

Lincoln  Park,  N.  J.,  March  13,  1910. 
Cythers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

In  view  of  the  satisfactory  manner  in  which  your  Brooders 
have  operated  with  me  the  past  winter  I  feel  called  upon  to  write 
you  these  few  lines.  I  have  three  of  your  Style  B  Brooders, 
which  have  been  in  operation  since  the  last  week  in  January, 
and  we  have  had  some  very  severe  cold  weather;  in  fact,  one 
night  in  particular  it  went  down  to  zero.  That  night  when  I 
went  to  bed  the  thermometer  in  the  Brooder  I  was  then  oper- 
ating registered  96  degrees  and  to  my  amazement  in  the  morn- 
ing when  I  looked  at  it  again  it  registered  94  degrees — 
having  varied  only  two  degrees  in  what  was  one  of  the  coldest 
nights  this  winter.  That  Brooder,  as  well  as  my  other  Brooders 
of  your  make,  have  been  standing  outdoors  all  season  with- 
out any  shelter  whatever,  and  they  have  not  been  found  lack- 
ing, but  have  operated  to  my  entire  satisfaction.  I  put  115 
chicks  into  these  three  Brooders  early  in  the  season  and  have 
only  lost  five,  and  the  oldest  are  now  going  on  their  sixth  week 
of  age.  If  these  few  Unes  will  convince  any  one  in  doubt  as 
to  what  kind  of  a  Brooder  to  buy,  you  are  at  liberty  to  use 


the  same. 


CHAS.  CAESAR. 


"IN  ZERO  WEATHER  HAD  NO  TROUBLE" 

Orange,  Mass.,  November  18,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y .— 

We  have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders  for  the  past 
seven  years,  and  always  with  uniformly  good  success.  We  had 
previously  used  several  other  makes  and  found  them  to  require 
more  or  less  constant  care,  whereas  your  machines  require 
practically  none.  Have  brooded  and  raised  to  time  of  transfer 
to  colony  houses  as  high  as  100  per  cent,  of  the  chicks.  In  one 
particular  case  we  put  86  chicks  in  a  Cyphers  Brooder  and  took 
the  same  number  out  at  time  of  transfer.  'Have  run  your  brooders 
in  zero   weather,  with  no  protection,  and  had  no  trouble  with 

We  consider  both  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Cyphers  Brooders 
thoroughly  rehable,  and  we  also  wish  to  thank  you  for  the  very 
fair  and  courteous  treatment  we  have  received  in  all  our  dealings 
with  your  company.  VAN  DYKE  POULTRY  FARM. 

W.  H.  Dyke,  Prop. 

HAS  TRIED  FIVE  DIFFERENT  MAKES 

Danbury,  Conn.,  July 


1910. 


Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Bui 

Have  used  three  different  makes  of  Incubators,  but  so  much 
prefer  the  Cyphers  that  I  shall  buy  another  in  the  spring.  Have 
also  used  five  different  makes  of  Brooders.  The  Cyphers  is 
the  only  one  I  am  satisfied  with.  Shall  buy  two  more  of  you  next 
spring.  Chickens  that  were  not  doing  at  all  well  in  one 
Brooder  (same  price  as  Cyphers),  when  I  took  them  out  and  put 
them  in  the  Cyphers,  straightened  up  at  once  and-  did  the  best  of 
any.  /  think  a  Brooder  the  most  important  part  of  chicken 
raising.  MRS.  E.  H.  RYDER. 


READY  FOR  ANY  WEATHER. 
Under  date  of  August  2,1911,  Mrs.  Wm.  W.  Davis,  Queens,  N.  Y., 
says:  "Enclosed  find  photo  showing  65  White  Leghorns  and  75 
Plymouth  Rocks  in  two  Cyphers  Style  B  Brooders,  taken  at  one 
week  old.  The  chicks — all  Cyphers  hatched,  are  a.s  comfortable 
and  happy  as  can  be." 


"A  FOOT  OF  SNOW  ON  GROUND" 

Westfield,  N.  Y.,  July  17.  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  have  a  Cyphers  Style  C  Brooder.  It  beats  the  old  hen  by 
a  great  deal.  I  had  chicks  in  it  when  the  thermometer  stood 
eighteen  above  zero  and  there  was  a  foot  of  snow  on  the 
ground.  The  cold  had  no  effect  on  the  Brooder  except  the  blaze 
had  to  be  higher  than  when  it  is  95  in  the  shade.  It  can't  be 
beat,  that's  all.  All  the  Cyphers  goods  I  have  used  are  perfectly, 
satisfactory. 


LEE  BOWEN. 


BOUGHT  IT  "SEVEN  OR  EIGHT  YEARS  AGO" 

Fruitvale,  Alameda  Co.,  Cal.,  August  7,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  have  a  Cyphers  Brooder  I  bought  before  you  opened  your 
branch  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  seven  or  eight  years  ago.  /  can 
still  raise  90  per  cent,  of  the  chicks  in  it  every  time,  and 
a  number  of  times  have  raised  95  per  cent,  of  the  chicks  entrusted 
to  this  Brooder.  Your  Chick  Foods  are  the  best  on  the  Coast. 
JAMES  C.  B.  READ. 

"JUST  THE  THING  FOR  MICHIGAN'S  COLD  SEASON" 

Akron,  Mich.,  Novembers.  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

Your  Style  B  Brooder  is  just  the  thing  for  Michigan's 
cold  and  wet  season.  While  birds  were  dying  all  around  me 
this  season  my  chicks  were  thriving  and  growing,  well  satisfied 
with  the  Adaptable  Hover  for  a  mother.  The  thermostat  on 
Hover  is  all  you  claim  for  it. 

I  fed  your  Chick  Food  with  phenomenal  success. 

T.  M.  KRAR. 

"ICE   IN  DRINKING   FOUNTAIN— CHICKS  O.   K." 

East  Orange,  N.  J.,  July  19,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo.  N.  Y .— 

If  I  had  to  depend  entirely  on  hens  and  not  on  Cyphers  Incu- 
bators and  Brooders  to  raise  my  chicks,  /  would  not  stay  in  the 
business  over  night.  They  are  simply  indispensable  on  a 
mone> -making  plant.  Have  had  excellent  hatches  this  year  and 
chicks  are  sturdy  and  strong.  First  hatch  off  this  year  in  March; 
found  ice  in  drinking  fountain  on  the  first  night  off.  Chicks  under 
hover  all  O.  K.     Pullets  about  4  pounds  at  4  months. 

R.  J.  HOUSTON,  Jr. 
Breeder  of  White  Wyandottes  and  Black  Orpingtons. 

"SAFE  AND  SNUG  AS  A  BUG  IN  A  RUG" 

Sharpsville,  Pa..  November  21,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  have  a  Cyphers  Outdoor  Brooder,  and  I  always  put  the  chicks 
in  it  and  keep  them  there  until  I  have  another  hatch,  or  longer  if 
I  do  not  need  it  for  newly-hatched  chicks.  I  have  scarcely  any 
die.  It  is  remarkable  how  few  year  after  year  die,  at  least  until 
large  enough  to  run  out  where  hawks  and  other  enemies  of  young 
chicks  sometimes  get  them.  When  I  am  putting  the  little  chickens 
out  in  the  Brooder  I  always  think  of  your  motto,  "Safe  and  snug 
as  a  bug  in  a  rug,"  for  they  surely  are  safe,  and  so  happy.  If  I 
was  investing  in  Incubators  and  Brooders  again,  they  would  be 
Cyphers,  MRS.  JOHN  R.  MILES. 


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"RIGHT   IN   THE   SNOW   OF  THE   ADIRONDACKS" 

Saranac  Lake,  N.  Y.,  November  13.  1911. 
Cythers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  have  used  the  Cyphers  Incubators  exclusively  during  the 
past  year,  starting  the  hatches  about  March  1st,  when  the  weather 
is  still  very  severe  in  the  Adirondacks. 

When  hatched,  the  chicks  were  placed  in  the  Cyphers  Style 
B  Outdoor  Brooders,  right  in  the  snow  and  in  the  bitter  March 
winds  or  the  Adirondacks.  I  will  state  that  98  per  cent,  of 
all  chicks  lived  and  thrived  and  were  the  attraction  of  the  sur- 
rounding country.  That  chicks  could  be  raised  in  that  manner 
in  March  and  April,  in  this  climate  was  beUeved  impossible. 

The  chicks  (Brown  Leghorns)  are  laying  now.  I  used  Cyphers 
Grit,  Charcoal  and  Beef  Scrap,  and  they  grew  and  matured  won- 
derfully. From  the  time  the  chicks  were  placed  in  the  Hover 
until  six  weeks  old.  Cyphers  Chick  Food  was  used,  being  fed  in 
Utter  on  the  floor  of  the  brooder  coops.  There  was  not  one  case 
of  cold  or  sickness  of  any  kind.  The  only  deaths  were  those 
of  one  or  two  weak  chicks  in  each  hatch,  which  should  have  been 
destroyed.  The  regulator  on  Hover  was  used,  and  gave  perfect 
satisfaction.  There  was  not  one  case  of  chilling  or  over-heating. 
As  this  is  the  start  of  what  is  intended  to  be  a  large  egg  farm,  it 
has  given  me  ever>-  encouragement. 

ARTHUR  L.  SULLIVAN. 

CHEAP  IN  PRICE  AND  CHEAP  IN  QUALITY 

Haverhill,  Mass.,  May  21,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

I  use  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders  and  consider  them 
the  best  on  the  market.  Have  no  use  for  cheap  incubators 
or  brooders,  as  I  find  anything  cheap  in  price  is  usually  cheap 
in  quality.  Fifty  per  cent,  of  the  failures  in  the  poultry 
business  around  my  section  have  been  caused  by  cheap 
equipments.  I  have  hatched  with  Cyphers  Incubators  90 
per  cent,  of  all  fertile  eggs  and  have  raised  95  per  cent,  of 
all  chickens  placed  in  Cyphers  Brooders.  Have  matured 
White  Wyandotte  pullets  in  these  Brooders  at  5}^  months  old. 
Many  such  chicks  raised  in  your  Brooders  have  made  records 
of  over  200  eggs  per  year.  Had  three  birds  that  made  records 
of  272,  267  and  252  eggs — without  a  doubt  the  three  highest  egg- 
record  hens  owned  by  any  one  man  in  the  United  States.  All 
were  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators  and  raised  in  Cyphers 


Brooders. 


RICHARDSON. 


"RAISED  98  PER  CENT." 

Waquoit.  Mass..  November  14,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co..  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

I  have  had  good  success  the  past  season  both  in  hatching  in 
my  Cyphers  Incubator  and  raising  the  chickens  in  the  Cyphers 
Outdoor  Brooders.  I  have  hatched  as  high  as  290  chicks  in  your 
large  size  machine,  and  have  had  an  average  the  season  through 
of  250.  /  have  raised  98  per  cent,  of  chicks  in  your  Outdoor 
Brooders  in  Februarj',  and  considering  the  cold  weather  we  had. 
it  certainly  speaks  well  of  them 

HILLSIDE  POULTRY  FARM, 

Colhns  &  Fisher,  Props. 


"JUNIOR  PARTNERS." 

Reproduction  from  photograph  sent  to  us  by  A.  C.  Stout, 
Stockdale,  Texas,  who  says:  "I  enclose  picture  of  my  two  little 
girls,  MoUie,  two  years  old,  and  Dola.  four  years  with  some 
little  Single  Comb  White  Leghorns  in  Cyphers  Style  A  Brooder. 
It  Brooded  several  hundred  on  my  plant  this  year. 


Illu 


"BEGIN  WITH  CYPHERS,  AND  END  WITH  CYPHERS" 

Towson,  Baltimore  Co.,  Md.,  November  20,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

In  our  seven  years'  experience  with  them,  the  Cyphers  Incu- 
bator has  proved  to  us  that  they  never  disappoint.  Our  hatches 
have  averaged  92  per  cent.  We  run  three  (3)  machines  all  the  , 
year.  One  machine  has  been  in  constant  use  for  the  past  seven 
years,  and  is  still  making  good. 

Cyphers  Brooders  measure  up  in  every  particular,  because 
when  once  regulated  you  can  depend  upon  them.  We  raised 
over  three  thousand  strong,  vigorous  chicks  this  season. 
We  feed  nothing  but  Cyphers  Foods.  In  fact,  we  begin  with 
Cyphers,  and  end  with  Cyphers.  Then  we  know  we  are  on  the 
road  to  success.  ROCK  POULTRY  FARM. 

Rodgers  &  Rodgers,  Props. 

"ECONOMICAL,  EASY-TO-KEEP-CLEAN" 

Gambier,  Ohio,  March  13,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

During  the  past  twenty  years  we  have  used  many  different 
makes  of  Incubators  and  Brooders,  but  find  that  the  Cyphers 
give  us  the  least  trouble,  and  are  the  most  satisfactory  of  any. 
We  used  our  first  Cyphers  Brooder  twelve  years  ago.  and  the 
past  three  years  we  have  used  nothing  else.  We  also  have 
used  your  Adaptable  Hovers,  sometimes  in  common  boxes  indoors, 
sometimes  in  colony  houses,  sometimes  in  home-made  brooders. 
We  can  trust  them  in  all  kinds  of  weather,  cold  and  warm. 
Our  chicks  always  grow,  up  strong  and  healthy,  and  never  give 
us  anv  trouble.  To  any  person  wishing  a  reliable,  economical, 
easy-to-keep-clean  brooding  device,  one  they  can  always  rely 
upon  we  recommend  the  Cyphers,  as  we  believe  it  to  be  the  best 
on  the  market  today.  G.  H.  HILLIER  &  SON. 

R.  F.  D.  No.  3. 


"YOUR  GOODS  ARE  BUILT  FOR  BUSINESS" 

Port  Byron,  111.,  July  30,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

We  obtained  216  chicks  out  of  219  eggs  in  our  No.  2  Cyphers. 
Hatches  for  the  season  have  averaged  nearly  95  per  cent.  We 
are  usmg  two  Style  A,  two  Style  B  and  three  Style  C  Cyphers 
Outdoor  Brooders.  We  consider  them  the  best  Brooders  on  the 
ma'-ket  and  have  raised  nearly  every  chick  placed  in  them. 
They  are  fire  proof  and  safe  in  every  way.  Your  goods  are  built 
lor  busraess.  M.  S.  JACKSON. 


"MORE  ROOMY  THAN  ANY  OTHER" 

Mount  Sidney.  \'a.,  November  14,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  K.— 

I  am  using  one  of  your  Style  B  Outdoor  Brooders,  and  am 
much  delighted  with  it.  It  is  more  roomy  than  any  other  I 
have  used.  Also  the  sanitary  arrangements  are  far  superior 
to  any  other.  I  also  used  your  Chick  Foods  and  find  them  to  be  all 
you  claim  for  them.  In  all  of  my  dealings  with  Cyphers  Incu- 
bator Company  I  have  found  them  to  be  men  cf  tlie  highest  type, 
honest  in  their  trading  and  always  willing  to  do  a  Uttle  more  than 
they  promised.  I  will  enclose  a  photo  of  a  shipment  of  birds 
raised  in  your  Brooder. 

CHAS.  C.  WINE. 


to  Bermuda  Islands  that 


Sample  Reports— Cyphers  Adaptable  Hovers 


ALL  YOU  CLAIM 
FOR  IT" 

Casdosia,  N.  Y., 

ji    :  I   '  July  28,  1911. 

f\ "    ]  Cyphers  Incubator  Co. , 

'■■      '    '  Bufalo,   N.  Y  — 

I  have  used  your 

Adaptable  Hover  and 

found  it  to  be  all  you 

claim  for  it.     /  used 

it   in  a  home-made 

brooder,  constructed 

from  a  large  dry  goods 

^  box,  with  a  separate 

X  attached  (for  run) 

144-e 
Outdoor  (or  Indoor)  Brooder  by  use  of  the  Cyphers  Incubator 
Cyphers  Company  Adaptable  Hover,  with  splendid  success. 
I  raise  S.  C.  White 
Orpingtons  and  S.  C . 
R.  I.  Reds,  and  have  better  success  with  incubators  and  brood- 
ers than  with  hens.  STATES  RAY. 


"EVEN  TEMPERATURE  WITHIN  ONE  DEGREE" 

Ridgewood,  N.  J.,  September  1.  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

I  enclose  herewith  photograph  showing  use  of  your  Adapt- 
able Hovers  in  home-made  brooders.  These  brooders  were 
made  by  myself  and  were  patterned  to  some  e.\tent  after  yours. 
I  have  used  the  Self-Regulating  Hovers^in  these  brooders  in 
all  kinds  of  weather,  including  zero  weather,  and  have  been 
able  to  hold  an  even  temperature  within  one  degree.  They 
.  have  been  very  satisfactory  and  I  expect  to  use  a  large  number 
next  season.  WHITE  ROSE  POULTRY    FARM, 

H.  M.  Ford,  Proprietor. 


IN  FEBRUARY- 


Cyphe: 


FIVE  INCHES  OF  SNOW 

Paris,  111..  February  24, 


1910. 


Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 
I  am  using  your  Incubator  this  year,  and  it  is  the  only  machine 
that  I  have  ever  found  that  will  do  the  work  in  the  right  way. 
My  hatch  this  month  was  95  per  cent.  Am  using  your  Adaptable 
Hovers,  and  they  are  just  the  thing.  They  keep  the  chicks 
warm  and  dry.  Am  using  them  in  brooder  cases  out  of  doors 
with  five  inches  of  snow  on  the  ground. 

EMERY  EVITT,  910  Browning  Ave. 


A  GREAT  BOON  TO  POULTRY  RAISERS 

Needham,  Mass.,  September  26,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

We  have  three  of  your  Hovers  installed  in  a  brooder  house 
of  my  own  design,  and  every  one  who  sees  it  says  it  is  the  most 
complete  and  practical  house  they  ever  saw — thanks  to  the 
mechanical  completeness  of  the  Cyphers  Adaptable  Hovers. 
The  enclosed  photographs  showing  view  of  these  Hovers  are  the 
best  testimony  of  what  the  lamps  can  stand  in  stormy 
weather,  without  in  any  way  disturbing  the  even  temperature  of 
the  inside.     These  Hovers  are  a  great  boon  to  poultry  raisers. 

JOHN  GODSELL. 

"PUT  75  CHICKS  UNDER  EACH  HOVER" 

Needham  Heights,  Mass.,  August  26,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y .— 

The  past  spring  /  used  eight  of  your  Adaptable  Hovers 
and  found  them  O.  K.  I  put  75  chicks  under  each  Hover,  making 
a  total  of  600  chickens  in  all.  and  I  raised  526  chicks  to  maturity — 
good,  strong,  healthy  birds.  These  Hovers  proved  so 
good  that  I  am  going  to  get  more  of  them  next  spring.  This 
was  my  first  experience  in  the  chicken  business. 

D.  L.  WAGNER. 

"HAVE  HAD  PRACTICALLY  NO  LOSSES" 

Gillette,  Wyo.,  August  16,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

We  use  your  Style  D  Brooder  and  Adaptable  Hovers.  Are 
using  your  Adaptable  Hovers  in  A-shaped  Colony  Houses 
with  grand  success.  Have  had  practically  no  losses  since 
installing  Cyphers  brooding  devices.  This  is  our  first  year  with 
Cyphers  goods.  We  shall  use  nothing  but  Cyphers  another 
year.  S.  D.  PERRY  &  SONS. 


"EVERYTHING  SIMPLY  ARRANGED" 

White  Bear,  Minn.,  July  IS,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  cannot  say  enough  for  the  Adaptable  Brooding  Hover.  I 
use  mine  in  a  colony  house.  I  make  a  platform  of  boards  3x6 
feet.  8  inches  high.  On  this  I  put  a  frame  24  inches  high  in  rear 
and  18  inches  high  in  front,  the  back  and  ends  covered  with  boards, 
the  top  and  front  enclosed  with  one  inch  mesh  wire  netting.  The 
top  is  in  two  parts,  hinged  to  the  back.  There  is  also  a  movable 
partition  through  the  center  to  keep  the  chicks  close  to  the  Hover. 
This  can  be  removed  in  a  few  days  or  as  soon  as  the  chicks  learn 
where  the  warm  place  is.  By  this  method  everything  ia  so 
simply  arranged  that  it  can  be  removed,  cleaned  and  stored 
ready  for  use  at  another  date,  and  the  house  used  for  other 
purposes,  or  it  can  be  reset  in  almost  no  time.  If  the  Adaptable 
Brooding  Hover  is  given  the  most  ordinary  decent  kind  of  atten- 
tion, it  will  take  care  of  itself.  J.  E.  JARGO. 


"I  ENTRUST  MY  BEST  CHICKS  IN  IT" 

Gouverneur,  N.  Y.,  May  23,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  am  running  your  Self-Regulating  Portable  Hover,  and 
have  only  words  of  praise  for  it.  Started  same  in  March,  when 
outside  temperature  went  below  10  degrees,  and  was  able  to 
maintain  a  95-degree  heat  under  the  Hover  with  ease. 
This  speaks  for  itself.  In  all  my  experience  with  poultrj-  I  have 
never  found  anything  the  equal  of  this  Hover,  I  entrust  my 
best  chicks  in  it,  for  I  know  it  will  be  found  in  the  morning 
where  it  was  placed  at  night.  The  point  of  importance  to 
the  average  poultryman  is  the  small  amount  of  oil  it  requires. 
/  fiU  mine  only  once  in  three  days.  It's  a  cracker-jack,  and 
another  year  will  find  several  more  of  them  in  my  yards. 

HARVESTDALE  POULTRY  YARDS,      H.  A.  D.  Leggett. 

"LOST   HALF   THE   CHICKS   WITH   CHEAP  BROODER" 

Marlinton,  W.  Va.,  June  19,  19U. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  A'.  Y. — 

I  have  my  Adaptable  Hover  in  a  home-made  brooder.  Through 
the  cold  spring  months  I  had  it  set  in  a  brooder  house,  but  as  the 
weather  warmed  up  I  put  the  hover  out  of  doors,  and  in  both 
places  raised  nearly  all  the  chicks  hatched.  I  kept  in  my 
hover  from  fifty  to  seventy-five  chicks,  I  remove  them  when 
about  four  to  five  weeks  old. 

Last  spring  I  lost  about  half  the  chicks  with  a  cheap  brooder. 
The  lamp  would  go  out  and  the  chicks  would  freeze  to  death. 
I  thought  it  might  be  the  grade  of  oil.  I  sent  away  and  got  10 
gallons  of  oil  made  for  that  purpose,  but  it  went  out  just  the  same. 

Last  spring  I  did  not  use    Cyphers  Chick  and    Developing 
Foods,  but  this  spring  I  did — and  the  chicks  grew  twice  as  fast.     I 
need  to  say  about  the  value  of  these  products. 


guess  that 


WALTER  HOBART. 


"PURE  AIR 
WINNING  POINT" 

Hinckley,  111., 
November  4,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co., 

Buffalo,  A',  F. — 
The  Adaptable 
Hover  has  given  me 
excellent  results.  It 
was  placed  in  a  coop, 
air  tight  on  all  sides 
excepting  the  front, 
which  allowed  plenty 
of  fresh  air  to  enter. 
I  consider  the  Adapt- 
able Hover  perfect, 
and  will  use  nothing 
else.  The  regulator 
I  consider  a  neces- 
sity. The  passage 
of  pure  air  into  the 
Hover  is  the  winn- 
ing point  of  your 
Hover,  and  strong, 
growing  chicks  must 
be  the  natural  result. 

Yours  truly, 
DR.  GEO.  C.    FRY. 


ADAPTABLE  HOVER    IN  COLONY 
HOUSE 


be  Installed  or  Removed  in  One  to  Three 
Minutes  Time.  When  Taken  Out  The 
Chicks  are  Left  to  Roost  in  Quarters  to 
W^ich  They  are  Accustomed. 


SAMPLE     REPORTS— CYPHERS    ADAPTABLE     HOVERS 


"PURCHASED  TWO  MORE" 

Clarke,  Neb.,  June  19,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  I'.— 

I  am  using  three  of  your  Adaptable  Hovers,  and  they  are 
giving  satisfaction,  as  do  all  of  Cyphers  products  I  have  ordered 
thus  far.  I  installed  my  first  hover  in  a  case  made  out  of  a  goods 
box,  with  a  pitched  roof,  shingled.  In  the  front  of  the  case  I 
placed  a  window  24  inches  square.  The  floor  is  raised  8  inches 
from  the  ground.  The  first  Hover  proved  so  satisfactory  that 
I  purchased  two  more,  and  installed  them  in  c; 
on  the  ground,  4  feet  high  in  front  and  3  feet 
Each  case  has  a  shingled  roof,  windows,  and  the 
from  the  ground  like  the  first. 


I  4  feet  ! 


TRIED  FOUR— BOUGHT  SIX  MORE 

Rehoboth,  Mass.,  March  29,  1910. 

Cyphers  Incubator  Co., 
Buffalo.  N.   v.— 

We've  already 
mstalled,  and  with 
success,  four  Cy- 
phers   Adaptable 


decided  to  use  the 
Cyphers  poultry 
implements  e.xclu- 
sively,  and  will 
send  you  another 
order  soon. 
ROCKY  HILL 


EASILY  C^RED  FOR— FIRE  PROOF 
Lamp  can  be  Remo\  ed  and  Replaced  While 


Door,  Wmdow  and  Chick-L ,_„  ^,  ,  ..       „ 

and  Flame  Cannot  Suck  Out.    Device  is  War-  Mr  and  Mrs.  P. 
ranted  to  be  Absolutely  Ftre  Proof,  No  Matter  Martines,  Est. 

Where  Used.  

"INCREASED  BUSINESS  THREE  FOLD" 

Dover,  Mass.,  June  27,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  ¥.— 

This  season  I  increased  my  supply  of  Adaptable  Hovers, 
and  I  have  the  pleasure  to  state  that  they  are  surely  the  best 
article  of  the  kind  on  the  market.  I  have  used  your  Ada])table 
Hovers  in  two  ways:  placing  them  in  two-apartment  brooders 
of  my  own  make,  and  in  colony  houses.  I  generally  put  about 
75  chicks  in  the  brooder,  and  at  the  end  of  three  weeks  place  them 
in  the  colony  house,  except  in  severe  weather.  By  means  of  your 
self-regulating  heater  I  have  increased  my  business  three-fold, 
rearing  chicks  in  zero  weather  with  fine  success.  At  one 
time  I  put  94  chicks  in  a  brooder  and  after  six  weeks  removed 
them,  losing  only  one  chick  during  this  time.  I  breed  R.  and 
S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds  exclusively.         F,  A.  FARM  ENTER. 


"ABLE  TO  RAISE  GREATER  NUMBER" 

Lumberville,  Pa.,  June  26,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  V. — 

I  bought  three  of  your  Adaptable  Hovers  this  year,  and  they 
gave  excellent  satisfaction.  We  used  the  hovers  in  colony  houses, 
8x8  feet.  We  kept  chickens  under  the  hovers  for  four  weeks, 
then  moved  them  to  other  colony  houses  with  fireless  hovers,  with 
excellent  results.  We  placed  from  50  to  66  chickens  under  hover 
when  taken  from  incubator.  We  have  been  able  this  year  to 
raise  a  greater  number  of  chicks  under  hovers  than  we  ever 
could  with  hens. 

S.  L.  PAXSON. 

"HAVE  NINE  HOVERS" 

Westport,  Conn.,  July  6,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  ¥. — 

I  have  used  your  Adaptable  Hovers  with  success,  and  have 
taken  pleasure  in  recommending  same  to  interested  parties  who 
have  visited  my  plant.  /  have  nine  of  your  Hovers — five  in  a 
6  X  10  brooder  house,  and  four  in  colony  houses — two  in  each  of 
the  houses.  The  Hovers  have  home-made  cases,  30  inch  square 
base,  21  inches  high,  covered  with  muslin  and  with  removable 
top  and  front.     I  have  raised  1 ,700  chicks  in  your  Hovers. 

SAUGATUCK  POULTRY  FARM, 
R.  F.  D,  No.  11.  Geo.  W.  Harris,  Prop. 


"WITH  THE  LEAST  TROUBLE" 

Lancaster,  Mo.,  September  26,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y .— 

I  consider  that  the  Adaptable  Hover  has  raised  some  of  the 
best  birds  I  have  ever  owned,  and  with  the  least  trouble.  I  put 
from  40  to  50  chicks  in  the  hover,  placing  the  hover  in  one 
end  of  a  colony  house  large  enough  to  carry  these  chicks  to 
maturity.  I  constructed  a  temporary  roof  or  ceiling  about  30 
inches  above  the  floor  that  the  hover  sets  on,  across  the  end  of 
the  house,  3M  feet  wide,  dropping  a  heavy  canvas  down  in  front. 
As  long  as  the  chicks  needed  heat  I  had  the  hover  in  this  house, 
and  then  removed  the  hover  to  another  house. 

B.  F.  McDANIEL,    R,  F.  D.  No.  5. 


"AS  FINE  AS  AN  EIGHT-DAY  CLOCK" 

Mt.  Gilead,  Ohio,  September  28,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  V. — 

I  tried  the  fireless  plan  of  raising  chicks,  but  could  not  use 
it  on  account  of  being  away  from  home  so  much,  so  /  bought 
your  Adaptable  Hovers,  and  the  success  with  them  hae 
been  all  that  I  expected  and  more.  I  have  two  of  them,  each 
in  a  small  colony  house  4x6  feet.  This  plan  has  worked  as  fine 
as  an  eight-day  clock,  and  I  would  not  think  of  trying  anything 
different.  The  chicks  were  placed  under  these  Self-Regulating 
Hovers  right  from  the  Incubator  in  February  and  March, 
remaining  there  through  all  the  changeable  weather,  growing 
every  day.  DR.  R.  L.  PIERCE. 

"NO  TROUBLE  HOLDING  HEAT" 

Apulia,  N.  Y.,  June  24,  1911, 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co..  Buffalo,  N.  ¥.— 

I  have  used  one  of  your  Adaptable  Hovers  in  a  home-made 
brooder,  and  have  had  no  trouble  in  holding  the  heat.  After 
a  hard  trial  through  all  kinds  of  weather  I  have  found  the  Adapt- 
able Hover  all  you  claim  for  it.  The  hardest  wind  does  not  affect 
the  lamp  in  the  least.  Have  lost  no  chickens  from  crowding  or 
chilling.     I   shall  want  more   Hovers  next  season. 

H.  J.   KNAPP. 

"WANT  TWELVE  OR  FIFTEEN  MORE" 

Franklin,  Va.,  September  24,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  F.— 

I  received  the  Adaptable  Hover  which  I  bought  of  you,  and 
in  order  to  make  a  selection  I  purchased  three  others. 
Your  Hover  is  by  far  the  best  of  those  I  bought  and  have  tested. 
I  will  want  twelve  or  fifteen  more  Adaptable  Hovers  Just  as 
soon  as  I  can  build  my  brooder  house.  Some  time  in  the 
near  future  I  propose  to  build  a  brooder  house  heated  by  steam, 
on  the  plans  I  purchased  of  you.  C.  W.  GARY. 


INDIVIDUAL  BROODING  IN  BROODER  HOUSE. 
View  (from  photograph)  of  Fire- Proof  Heaters  and  Standard 
Adaptable  Hovers  in  use  in  Brooder  House  on  Cyphers  Company 
Poultry  Farm,  Buffalo,  New  York.  House  is  supplied  with  auxil- 
iary heat  from  the  hot  water  pipes  located  waist  high  along  rear  wall 
of  house.  By  use  of  this  system,  one  brooding  device,  or  two,  or  a 
dozen  can  be  started  whea  needed,  thus  avoiding  waste  of  fuel. 


Economical  Brooding  of  Chicks 

Plan  Devised  by  R.  P.  Ellis,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Founder  of  the  Aurora  System  of 
Branch  Egg  Farms.  Utilizes  Regular  Laying  Houses  for  Brooding  Purposes 
During  Proper  Season.     Strongly  Endorses  Cyphers  Company  Adaptable  Hovers 


DESCRIBING  his  efficient  and  economical  method 
of    converting    laying    houses    into    brooding 
houses  by   installing   the   Cyphers  Adaptable 
Hovers,  Mr.  Ellis  writes: — 

"It  was  not  until  the  Cyphers  Company's  Adapt- 
able Hover  was  put  upon  the  market  that  I  found  a 
satisfactory  solution  of  many  problems  in  brooding. 
Using  a  few  outdoor  brooders  is  all  right,  but  when 
it  comes  to  attending  to  forty  or  fifty  oil  lamps  and 
broods  of  chicks,  all  in  the  open,  one  longs  for  some- 
thing more  labor  saving  and  comfort  giving. 

"Herewith 
find  illustra- 
tions— Figs.  II 
and  III — of  our 
fourteen  foot 
square  laying 
house,  with 
wire  screen 
doors  covered 
with  upper  and 
lower  sets  of 
muslin  frames. 
This  house  has 
a  floor  space  of 
196  square 
feet.    The 

,     ,            -                ^          angement   of  house     is  4^ 

Cyphers  Company  Adaptable  Hovers  in  ,  ,  .   , 

type  of  Laying  House  used  on  Aurora  Leghorn  teat     nign  on 

Farm.  Brooklyn,  N.Y.  t,,^    ^y^^  (;„. 

side  measurement)  and  7  feet  in  the  ridge  (inside 
measurement).  It  is  the  lowest  laying  and  brood- 
ing house  I  know  of,  hence  the  air  space  is  re- 
duced to  the  minimum.  This  house  we  equip 
with  six  Adaptable  Hovers,  three  on  a  side,  with  a 
3  to  3}4  foot  center  aisle — see  diagram  herewith. 
Fig.  I. 

"The  hovers  are  set  on  a  temporary  platform, 
running  the  length  of  the  house,  high  enough  to  allow 
the  lamp  to  rest  in  the  center  aisle  on  the  floor  of 


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the  house.     At  this  point  the  lamp  can  be  cared  for 
without   entering  the  pens  or  disturbing  the  chicks. 

"Each  of  the  hovers  is  surrounded  or  enclosed 
by  a  muslin  frame,  which  we  make  ourselves.  The 
frame  is  made  of  1  x  2  inch  furring  strips,  and  ordi- 
nary unbleached  muslin  is  tacked  on.  The  sides 
of  the  frame  stand  18  inches  high,  and 
the  floor  it  covers  a  floor  space 
of  3  feet  X  3  feet.  The  top 
of  the  frame  is  hinged  so  as  to 
lift  up  and  allow  access  to  the 
hover.  There  is  a  door  on  one 
side  of  the  frame  to  allow  the 
chicks  to  enter  and  leave  the 
hover.  Over  this  opening  hangs 
a  curtain  of  felt — to  conserve 
the  heat. 

"When  the  chicks  no  longer 
need  artificial  heat,  the  hovers 
and  the  platforms  they  rest  on 
are  removed.     By  this  time  all  r  p  ellis, 

cockerels  are  removed,  leaving  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
from  125  to  ISO  pullets  in  the  house.  When  these  get 
to  the  colony  house  size,  all  wire  partitions  are 
removed  and  half  of  the  pullets  are  taken  to  a  new 
laying  house  (built  for  them),  or  else  are  put  around 
in  cheap  colony  coops.  In  this  way  the  laying  and 
brooding  house  is  used  straight  through  the  year. 

"Also  find  herewith  a  diagram  illustrating  our 
yarding  plan — Fig.  IV.  A  study  of  this  drawing 
will  show  that  each  chick  has  from  8  to  10  square 
feet  of  yarding  room  outside  the  house,  depending 
upon  the  number  of  chicks  placed  under  one  hover. 
I  would  advise  that  no  more  than  fifty  chicks  be 
placed  under  any  hover. 

TRIED  "FIRELESS"  BROODER  PLAN 

"Before  learning  of  and  adopting  the  Cyphers 
Adaptable    Hovers,    I    tried    the    'fireless'    plan.     In 


Fig.  n. — ^Aurora  Farm  Combination  House  i 
Process  of  Erection. 


Fig.  in. — The  Aurora  Farm  Combination  Laying 
and  Brooding  House  Complete. 


ECONOMICAL  BROODING  OF  CHICKS— ELLIS  PLAN 


the  summer  of  1909  I  experimented  with  various 
fireless  brooders,  and,  backed  up  by  the  experience 
of  1910  as  well,  I  reached  the  following  conclusions 
concerning  fireless  brooders: — - 

"First — It  is  possible  to  raise  some  chicks  by  the 
fireless  method. 

"Second — The  death  rate  is  far  too  great  unless 
weather  conditions  are  ideal — which  they  seldom  are. 

"Third — The    economy,    so-called,    in    a    fireless 
brooder  consists  in  making  it  much  smaller  than 
heated   brooders,   because  the  saving   in   oil   is 
offset  five  to  one  by  the  item  of  extra  labor. 

"Fourth — A  fatal  objection  to  the  'fireless' 
method  is  that  the  attendant  must  practically 
live  with  the  chicks.  The  care  and  attention 
the  'fireless'  chicks  require  make  the  plan 
entirely  impracticable  on  a  commercial  poultry 
farm  where  a  person's  time  is  an  important 
item  of  value,  and  labor  is  expensive. 

"I  must  confess  that  I  turned  reluctantly 
from  the  'fireless'  field — what  its  advocates 
claimed  for  it  were  so  tempting !  But  we  tried 
the  best  advertised  methods  and  followed  them 
faithfully,  only  to  meet  with  loss — both  loss  of 
labor  and  an  excessive  loss  of  chicks. 

"It  was  no  wonder,  therefore,  that  we  were 
glad  indeed  to  find  complete  success  in  the  use  of  your 
Adaptable  self-regulating  Hovers.  They  have  proved 
to  be  exactly  what  we  were  looking  for.  For  us 
this  hover  has  filled  ideally  every  condition,  to 
enumerate: — 

"First — The  cost  is  far  below  that  of  any  indi- 
vidual brooder  or  pipe  system  of  the  same  capacity. 

"Second — The  principles  of  self- ventilation,  with 
heat  from  above,  etc.,  are  correct,  not  only  in  theory, 
but  in  practice. 

"Third —  Its  installation — immediate  and  simple. 

"Fourth — Its  construction  (all  galvanized  sheet 
iron,  solidly  bolted  and  riveted  together)  makes  it 
indestructible — so  much  so  that  its  purchase  becomes 
an  investment,  not  an  expense.  It  will  last  for 
years — perhaps  a  lifetime. 


"Fifth — Its  maintenance  (cost  of  repairs)  is 
practically  nothing,  whereas  any  wood-work  requires 
expensive  repairs,  as  I  have  found  to  my  cost. 

"Sixth — Its  efficiency — of  the  highest,  because 
we  have  raised  larger  percentages  of  chicks  in 
it  than  in  any  other  brooding  device  we  ever  used. 

"Seventh — Its  economy  of  time  and  labor.  Six 
of  these  hovers  in  our  14  x  14  feet  laying  house  enable 
us  to  care  for  300  chicks  under  one  roof. 


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YARD  2 

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YARD  6 

Fig.  IV. — Diagram  showing  the  Ellis  Combination  House  equipped 
with  Hovers  and  Chick  Runways,  also  the  arrangement  and  si2e  of  the 
yards  enclosed  by  temporarj'  wire  fences  surrounding  the  Laying  House 
while  it  is  being  used  as  a  Brooding  House  by  having  Cyphers  Company 
Adaptable  Hovers  temporarily  installed. 


"Eighth — The  low  cost  of  oil — using  only  a  one- 
inch  wick,  and  its  dependability.  It  'stays  on  the 
job'  day  and  night,  and  the  self-regulation  adds 
much  to  the  care-taker's  ease  of  mind. 

"We  used  the  above-describecf  brooding  plan  on  the 
home  farm  of  the  Aurora  System  and  on  most  of  our 
branches  during  the  season  of  1911  with  the  greatest 
success." 

SPECIAL  NOTICE 
Mr.  Ellis  has  worked  out  this  combination  plan  in  detail 
in  a  complete  set  of  blue-prints  and  has  published  printed 
instructions  not  only  for  building  a  house  and  installing  the 
Adaptable  Hovers,  but  for  operating  the  latter,  including 
feeding  and  general  methods,  as  practiced  on  his  farms. 
These  blue-prints  are  for  sale  and  can  be  obtained  by  apply- 
ing to  Mr.  Ellis  at  his  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  address  — No.  2406 
Flatbush  Avenue. 


Using  200— Will  Use  300  More 

AURORA  LEGHORN  FARM 
R.  P.  ELLIS,  Proprietor 
SINGLE  COMB  WHITE  LEGHORNS  EXCLUSIVELY 
New  Main  Farm  at  Tenafly,  N.  J. 


TO  LAY 


High- Record  Trap- 
nested  Breeders 
2406  Flatbush  Avenue, 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.—  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  December  12,  1911. 

Our  main  farm  and  numerous  branch  farms  are  using  your  Adaptable  Hovers  with  excellent 
results  for  brooding  purposes.  I  cannot  speak  in  too  high  praise  of  this  superior  brooding  device. 
It  is  economical,  efficient,  indestructible  and  hygienic.  Its  principle  of  introducing  warm,  fresh  air  under 
the  Hover  and  of  having  no  central  drum  or  other  spot  warmer  than  the  rest,  thus  not  inducing 
huddling  or  crowding,  are  features  that  meet  my  unqualified  endorsement.  Such  also  is  the  mechan- 
ical perfection  of  the  lamp  and  heating  chambers  that  I  have  never  had  a  lamp  go  out  in  one  of  your 
Adaptable  Hovers  on  my  farm.  If  I  could  say  this  of  the  several  other  brooding  devices  I  have  used 
in  the  past  five  years,  I  would  be  better  off  to  the  extent  of  a  good  many  hundreds  of  dollars  that 
were  lost  in  the  form  of  valuable  chicks.  Have  bought  nearly  two  hundred  of  these  Adaptable  Hovers 
thus  far  and  expect  to  use  about  three  hundred  more  on  our  new  branch  farms  this  season,  additional  to 
thirty  ordered  by  me  for  our  main  farm.  Cordially,  R.  P.  ELLIS. 


GUARANTEED  TO  YOU 
—PERSONALLY 

There's  a  lot  of  difference  between  an  agreement  that  guarantees  an  Incubator  or  Brooder 
to  you,  personally,  and  one  that  merely  warrants  a  device  to  be  "as  represented." 

Note  your  protection  in  the  Cyphers  Company  Guarantee. 

This  Guarantee  covers  every  vital  point  of  Incubator  construction  and  Incubatory 


Note  also  that  this  Guarantee  gives  you  ample  time  for  the  necessary  fair  trial — fair 
to  you  and  fair  to  us.  It  gives  you  time  ior  four  hatches — time  to  thoroughly  test  our  machine 
and  prove  its  superior  merits. 


THE  CYPHERS  COMPANY  GUARANTEE 


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We,  the  Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  legally  incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  each  member 
thereof,  hereby  agree,  as  a  Company  and  as  individuals, 
that  if  in  any  case  Cyphers  Incubators,  Brooders  or  other 
Manufactures  are  found  not  to  be  as  described  by  us  in  this  catalogue,  or  will 
not  do  the  work  claimed  for  them,  they  can  be  returned  at  any  time  within 
ninety  {go)  days  of  the  date  of  purchase,  and  if  in  good  condition,  less  reasonable 
wear,  we  will  immediately  refund  the  price  paid  for  the  same. 


Special  Guarantee  on  Cyphers  Incubators 

THE  PATENTED,  EXCLUSIVE  FEATURES  of  the  genuine  Cyphers  Incubators 
place  us  in  a  position  to  positively  warrant  and  guarantee  all  Cyphers  Patent-Diaphragm, 
Non-Moisture,  Self-Ventilating  and  Self-Regulating  Incubators  manufactured  by  us  and  sold 
under  registered  trade-mark,  either  by  this  Company  or  its  authorized  agents,  as  follows: 

First — To  be  precisely  as  represented  in  construction,  materials  and  workmanship,  and, 
if  given  reasonable  care,  to  last  ten  years  without  repairs. 


Second — To  be  easy  to  set  up  and  positively  automatic  in  operation  (except  as  to  trimming 
the  wick,  filling  the  lamp  and  turning  the  eggs)  and  to  operate  with  less  expense  than  any 
other  make  of  incubator. 

Third — To  be  in  all  essentials  the  simplest  and  easiest  to  operate  and  control,  requiring 
less  attention  than  any  other  make  or  style  of  incubator. 

Fourth — To  be  self-regulating,  being  equipped  with  the  most  reliable,  sensitive  and  durable 
regulator  thus  far  invented. 

Fifth — To  require  no  supplied  moisture,  under  normal  conditions,  thus  solving  and  dis- 
posing of  the  troublesome  "moisture  question." 

Sixth — To  be  self-ventilating,  the  air  in  the  egg  chamber  remaining  pure  at  all  times  by 
its  own  gentle  but  positive  action. 

Seventh — To  produce  larger,  stronger  and  healthier  chicks  and  duckhngs  than  any  other 
style  or  make  of  incubator. 

Eighth — That  when  it  is  run  in  competition  with  any  incubator  of  a  different  make,  it 
shall,  in  three  or  more  hatches,  bring  out  a  larger  average  percentage  of  the  fertile  eggs  in'good, 
healthy  chicks  and  ducklings  than  does  its  competitor. 

Finally,  we  guarantee  every  Cyphers  Incubator  and  Brooder  to  be  Insurable,  in  compli- 
ance with  the  rigid  requirements  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters. 

Signed, 

CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  December  1,  1911. 


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Price  List  of  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators 


Fire-Proofed— Insurable 

No.  0— Capacity,  about    70  Hen  Eggs,    56  Duck  Eggs $15.00 

No.  1—         "  "      144     "       "       112     "         "     22.00 

No.  2—        "  "      244     "       "       200     "         "     32.00 

No.  3—         "  "      390     "       "       300     "         "     38.00 

We  supply  an  X-Ray  Egg  Tester,  a  tested  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator  Thermometer,  and  our  booklet, 
"Directions  for  Operating  and  Hints  to  Aid  the  Operator,"  packed  in  every  incubator. 

SPECIAL  NOTICE. — The  prices  of  incubators  and  brooders  given  in  this  catalogue  are  those  charged  by 
us  and  by  our  authorized  agents  in  all  territory  east  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  north  of  Texas. 
Beyond  this  boundary  line  agents'  prices  range  somewhat  higher,  owing  to  the  freight,  which  is  especi- 
ally high  to  inter-mountain  points.  If  you  live  in  high-freight  territory  write  us  for  prices;  also  for  name  and 
address  of  nearest  agent  who  buys  in  car  lots  and  carries  our  goods  regularly  in  stock. 

Terms. — Cash  with  order.  Send  money  by  bank  draft,  express  money  order,  post-office  money  order  or 
registered  letter.  Phase  do  not  send  personal  checks.  In  the  United  States  and  Canada,  goods  will  be  sent  C.  O.  D. 
when  SO  per  cent,  of  price  accompanies  order,  but  not  to  other  countries,  owing  to  ocean  freight  rules. 

Weight  (about)  Crated 

No.  0 90  pounds       No.  2 215  pounds 

No.  1 145       "  No.  3 260       " 

Weights  and  Measurements  for  Foreign  Shipment. — For  the  convenience  of  those  wishing  to  send 
our  Incubators  to  other  countries,  we  print  the  following  table  of  weights  and  measures  when  specially  crated 
for  ocean  shipment. 

Net  Weight     Gross  Weight    Cubic  Feet  Net  Weight     Gross  Weight      Cubic  Feet 

No.  0  Incubator....  70  lbs.        110  lbs.  9J  No.  2  Incubator ....  170  lbs.        290  lbs.  32 

No.  1  Incubator....  108  lbs.         200  lbs.  20  No.  3  Incubator.  ..  .210  lbs.         360  lbs.  42 

Standard  Incubators  Furnished  in  Rights  and  Lefts 

For  the  convenience  of  those  who  are  fitting  out  large  plants,  and  all  who,  when  purchasing  a  number  of 
Standard  Cyphej^  Incubators,  desire  to  economize  space  in  their  incubator  cellars,  we  manufacture  No.  2  and 
No.  3  size  machines  that  are  rights  and  lefts.  By  this  is  meant  that  the  heater  is  on  the  right  or  left-hand  side 
of  the  machine.  This  permits  arranging  the  machines  along  the  sides  of  the  incubator  cellar  in  such  a  manner 
that  space  is  saved,  and  two  heaters  are  brought  next  to  each  other  for  the  greater  convenience  in  tending  the 
lamps.  If  you  desire  your  machines  rights  and  lefts,  please  so  specify  in  your  order,  naming  the  number  of  each 
desired.  Unless  othenvise  ordered,  rights  invariably  will  be  furnished.  No.  0  and  No.  1  Incubators  are  not  made 
in  lefts. 

Floor  Space  Required  for  the  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators 

(Figures  allow  for  projection  of  heater.) 

No.  0 1  ft.  10  in.  X  2  ft.  7  in.  No.  2 3  ft.    3  in.  x  4  f t.  Hn. 

No.  1 2  ft.    5  in.  X  3  ft.  8  in.  No.  3 3  ft.  11  in.  x  4  ft.  9  in. 

"Directions  for  Operating  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators" 

An  illustrated  booklet,  entitled  "Directions  for  Operating  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  __— --  —  --^.^-.. 

and  Hints  to  Aid  the  Operator,"  is  supphed  with  each  standard-pattern  machine.  This  book 
contains  full  and  complete  instructions  for  setting  up,  regulating  and  operating  the  Standard 
Cyphers  Incubator.  The  purchaser  is  told  where  to  locate  his  machine,  how  to  place  it  in  the 
proper  position,  how  to  adjust  the  regulating  device,  how  to  care  for  the  lamp,  and  how  to 
heat  up  the  machine,  with  full  particulars  concerning  proper  temperature,  turning  the  eggs, 
cooling  and  airing;  also  special  instructions  for  operation  of  Cyphers  Incubators  in  high 
altitudes  and  exceedingly  dry  or  tropical  climates. 

A  large  portion  of  this  book  is  devoted  to  a  chapter  entitled  "Hints  to  Aid  the  Operator," 
consisting  of  questions  from  amateur  operators  of  incubators  or  brooders,  with  answers  by  an 
experienced  operator.  Besides  these  questions  and  answers,  considerable  space  is  given  to 
Incubator  and  Brooder  "Don'ts."  which  tell  the  beginner  what  he  should  not  do.  A  careful 
study  of  this  booklet  is  advised.    Supplied  only  to  purchasers  of  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators. 

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Price  List  of  Standard  Cyphers  Brooders 


Fire-Proofed— Insurable 

CYPHERS  ADAPTABLE  HOVER,  Self-Regulating,  Self-Ventilating,  for  use  in  home-made  Brooders, 
Colony  Houses,  etc.,  etc.;  may  be  moved  from  one  Brooder  or  Coop  to  another  at  will;  complete 
with  Standard  Cyphers  Regulator,  Tested  Brooder  Thermometer  and  bearing  "Inspected  Brooder" 

label,  safely  boxed $  8.50 

CYPHERS  STYLE  A  OUTDOOR,  Self-Regulating,  Self- Ventilating,  Two-Apartment  Combination 
Brooder  and  Colony  Roosting  Coop,  equipped  with  Adaptable  Hover,  Complete,  and  bearing 

"Inspected  Brooder"  label 12.50 

CYPHERS  STYLE  B  OUTDOOR,  Self-Regulating,  Self-Ventilating,  Three-Apartment  Combination 
Brooder  and  Colony  Roosting  Coop,  equipped  with  Adaptable  Hover,  Complete,  and  bearing 

"Inspected  Brooder"  label 16.50 

CYPHERS  STYLE  C  OUTDOOR,  Self-Regulating,  Self- Ventilating,  Three-Apartment  Combination 
Brooder  and  Colony  Roosting  Coop,  with  Double-Wall  and  Double-Glass  Insulation,  equipped 

with  Adaptable  Hover,  Complete,  and  bearing  "Inspected  Brooder"  label 18.50 

CYPHERS  STYLE  D  INDOOR,  Self-Regulating,  Self- Ventilating,  Brooder  equipped  with  Adaptable 

Hover,  Complete,  and  bearing  "Inspected  Brooder"  label 11.50 

SPECIAL  NOTICE. — The  prices  of  brooders  and  incubators  given  in  this  catalogue  are  those  charged  by 
us  and  by  our  authorized  agents  in  all  territory  east  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  North  of  Texas.  Beyond 
this  boundary  line  the  prices  range  somewhat  higher,  owing  to  the  freight,  which  is  especially  high  to  inter- 
mountain  points.  If  you  live  in  high-freight  territory  write  us  for  prices;  also  for  the  name  and  address  of  nearest 
agent  who  buys  in  car  lots  and  carries  our  goods  regularly  in  stock. 

Terms. — Cash  with  order.  Send  money  by  bank  draft,  express  money  order,  post-office  money  order  or 
registered  letter.  Please  do  not  send  personal  checks.  Goods  will  be  sent  C.  O.  D.,  in  the  United  States  or  Canada, 
when  50  per  cent,  of  price  accompanies  order.     Prices  are  F.  O.  B.  Buffalo  and  all  Branches  except  Oakland. 

Weights  (about)  Crated 

Adaptable  Hover net  weight,     29  lbs. ;  weight  crated,  37  lbs. ;  cubic  feet,  5^ 

Style  A  Outdoor  Brooder  (knock-down) net  weight,     80  lbs.;  weight  crated,  135  lbs.;  cubic  feet,  8}^ 

Style  B  Outdoor  Brooder  (knock-down) net  weight,  138  lbs.;  weight  crated,  200  lbs.;  cubic  feet,  13 Ji 

Style  C  Outdoor  Brooder  (knock-down) net  weight,  .148  lbs.;  weight  crated,  220  lbs.;  cubic  feet,  13J^ 

Style  D  Indoor     Brooder  (knock-down) net  weight,     69  lbs.;  weight  crated,  120  lbs.;  cubic  feet,  7 


REGISTRATION  DEPARTMENT  FOR  POULTRYMEN 


tion,  we  have  established  a  Registration  Department  through 

NEED  A  POULTRYMAN?  ''^\'^    those    seeking    competent   poultry    farm    managers    or 

assistants  and  those  open  to  engagement  as  such  can  be  brought 

into  communication.     We  furnish  to  any  one  asking  for  it  a  complete  list  of  available  applicants  who 

have  registered  with  us;  they  then  open  correspondence  and  arrange  matters  between  themselves. 

Applicants  for  positions  need  not  go  into  details  with  us  as  to  qualifications.  State  name  and 
address,  also  the  kind  of  a  position  you  are  competent  to  fill,  you  to  agree  to  notify  us  as  soon  as  you 
have  accepted  a  position.  We  also  ask  employers  to  notify  us  whom  they  employ  from  those  whose 
names  we  furnish  them,  so  that  we  can  drop  these  names  from  the  list  of  available  men. 

No  charge  is  made  for  this  service.  In  time  past  we  have  missed  many  opportunities  for  bringing 
employers  and  competent  men  together,  through  inability  to  recollect  names  and  locations — and  for 
this  reason  we  established  the  above  department.  Customers  and  friends  are  welcome  to  avail 
themselves  of  it. 


Cyphers  Company's  Six  Places  of  Business 

OWING  TO  the  rapid  growth  of  this  Company's  business,  and  the  widespread  demand  for  goods  of  its  manu- 
facture, we  recognized  twelve  years  ago  the  necessity  of  establishing  branch  houses  and  distributing 
depots,  provided  we  were  to  serve  the  interests  of  our  customers  promptly  and  satisfactorily.  At  that 
time  we  opened  modest  trial  ofifices  at  Boston  and  Chicago,  which  since  have  grown  in  volume  of  ttade  until  he 
former  Boston  location  proving  inconvenient  for  our  customers,  we  have  opened  a  new  store  at  12  and  14  Canal 
Street,  which  will  result  in  a  saving  of  time  to  the  many  out-of-town  customers  who  make  it  a  point  to  call  upon 
us  when  in  Boston.  (See  page  24.)  Our  growing  business  at  Chicago  also  required  increased  accommodations 
and  our  branch  house  in  that  city  now  occupies  a  double  store  located  in  the  business  center  at  340-342  North 
Clark  Street  (see  page  26).  Also  see  page  114  for  picture  of  our  warehouse  building  and  poultry  food  and  alfalfa 
mill  erected  in  the  summer  of  1910  in  the  Central  Manufacturing  District,  Chicago,  111.  This  district  is  called 
Central  because  it  is  located  in  the  geographical  center  of  the  corporation  limits  of  the  western  metropolis. 
Ten  years  ago  we  opened  an  office  and  salesroom  in  New  York  City,  but  the  quarters  soon  proved  inadequate, 
and  in  1902  this  branch  was  moved  to  No.  23  Barclay  Street  (corner  of  Church  Street),  which  location  for 
eight  years  has  been  most  convenient  for  our  customers  in  and  around  New  York  City  on  account  of  its 
nearness  to  depots  and  docks.  (See  page  22.)  November  1,  1904,  a  branch  house  was  opened  by  us  at 
Kansas  City,  Mo.  Our  Kansas  City  Branch  is  now  located  at  317-319  Southwest  Boulevard,  where  we  occupy 
an  entire  building  located  on  a  railroad  switch  and  have  every  facility  for  handling  an  increased  business,  both 
retail  and  wholesale  (see  page  28).  In  December,  1904,  we  opened  a  store  and  branch  office  on  the  Pacific  Coast, 
which  sinte  the  San  Francisco  fire  has  been  located  at  No.  1S69-1571  Broadway,  Oakland,  Cal.     (See  page  30.) 

It  was,  and  is,  highly  important  that  we  place  our  goods  as  near  our  customers  as  practicable,  so  that  they 
can  receive  our  printed  matter,  obtain  answers  to  correspondence  and  have  their  orders  filled  with  the  least  possible 
delay.  To  save  time  and  money,  therefore,  we  ask  all  customers  (meaning  retail  customers)  to  address 
our  nearest  office  invariably  (see  above  map).  No  matter  to  which  office  you  write,  you  may  rest  assured  of 
prompt  and  courteous  treatment.  At  each  of  these  branch  houses  and  salesrooms  we  carry  on  display  a  full 
line  of  incubators,  brooders,  appliances,  foods,  and  all  other  goods  manufactured  and  sold  by  this  Company. 
Customers  and  visitors  are  always  welcome.     Call  to  see  us  if  you  can,  and  buy  "on  sight." 

As  heretofore,  all  Cyphers  Company  goods  for  the  American  and  Canadian  markets  (except  poultry  foods 
and  alfalfa  products)  will  be  manufactured  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  We  ship  them  in  carload  lots  to  New  York  City, 
Boston,  Chicago,  Kansas  City  and  Oakland,  ourselves  paying  all  transportation  charges  to  these  cities, 
thus  not  alone  working  an  important  saving  in  time  to  our  customers,  but  also  in  money,  the  purchaser  paying 
the  charges  only  from  our  place  of  business  nearest  his  home  town  or  railway  station. 

Very  truly  yours,         CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY. 
BUFFALO,  N.  T.,  Conrl  and  Fonrth  St..  CHICAGO,  ILL.,  340-342  North  Clark  St.  NEW  YORK  CITY,  N.  Y..  23  Barclay  St. 

BOSTON.  MASS..  12-14  Canal  St.  KANSAS  CITY.  MO..  317-319  Southwest  Bonlevard.  OAKLAND.  CAL.,  1569-1571  Broadway. 

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Low  Freight  Rates  on  Cyphers  Company's  Goods 

On  this  page  will  be  found  freight  rates  on  the  various  articles  manufactured  by  the  Cyphers  Incubator 
Company,  from  Oakland,  Kansas  City,  Chicago,  Buffalo,  New  York  City  or  Boston,  to  prominent  points  located 
in  the  territory  accessible  to  our  home  office  or  branches.  Shipments  of  retail  orders  are  always  made  from  the 
office  nearest  to  destination.' 

The  freight  rates  given  on  this  page  are  only  intended  for  the  convenience  of  our  customers,  in  estimating 
the  approximate  cost  of  delivery  of  their  orders  to  their.freight  station.  These  rates  are  subject  to  change  with- 
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obtain  the  cheapest  freight  rates  from  their  station,  they  must  buy  in  sufficient  quantities  to  obtain  the  lowest 
rate.  For  instance,  it  costs  25  cents  to  send  one  bag  of  grit  from  Boston,  Mass.,  to  Nashua,  N.  H.,  and  it  costs 
the.  same  for  two  bags,  while  four  bags  will  be  delivered  for  36  cents.  It  is  advisable  for  customers  to  combine 
with  their  neighbors  and  buy  goods  in  as  large  quantities  as  possible,  so  that  they  may  obtain  the  benefit  of  the 
best  prices  and  lowest  freight  rates.    See  "  Assorted  Order  "  notice  at  bottom  of  page  153. 

Incubators  take  first-class  rate  in  all  territory.  Brooders  take  third-class  rate  in  Northeastern  States,  second- 
class  in  about  all  territory  south  of  the  Ohio  River,  and  first-class  west  of  the  Mississippi  River.  Feed  takes 
fourth-class  west  of  the  Mississippi  River,  fourth-class  in  Northeastern  States,  and  even  lower  in  many  of  the  South- 
eastern States.     We  will  be  pleased  to  quote  rates  to  any  point  upon  request. 

Freight  Rates  per  100  Pounds  from  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  to 


1st  class 

...   S1.28 

Baltimore,  Md 

.39 

Binghamton,  N.  Y. .  .  . 

.33}'2 

Cincinnati.  Ohio 

...     .nyi 

Harrisburg,  Pa 

.39 

Jacksonville,  Fla 

.95 

M°°«°P^!^'Ala 

...      1.31 

New  Orleans,  La. 


Atlantic  City.  N.  J. 
Bridgeport,  Conn..  . 
Burlington,  N.  J.  .  . 
Camden,  N.  J..t  . .  . 
Cape  May,  N.  J..  .  . 

Carmel,  N.  Y 

Danbury,  Conn.  .  .  . 
Easton,  Pa 


Augusta,  Maine   . 

Ayer.  Mass 

Bangor,  Maine..  . 
Bellows  Falls,  Vt. 
Brattleboro,  Vt.  . 
Concord,  N.  H..  . 

Dover,  N.  H 

Fitchburg,  Mass.. 
Greenfield,  Mass. 
Lewiston,  Maine. 
Manchester.  N.  H 
Nashua,  N.  H.... 


4th  class 


1st  class 

Norfolk,  Va $0.59 

Ottawa,  Ont 44 

Pittsburg,  Pa 35 

Raleigh,  N.C 1.09 

Rochester,  N.  Y..  .  . 


Toledo,  Ohio 

Toronto,  Ont 

Troy.  N.  Y 

Washington,  D.  C. 


.27 


Freight  Rates  per  100  Pounds  from  New  York,  N.  Y.,  to 


Kingston,  N.  Y.  . 
Newark,  N.  J .  .  . 
Newburgh,  N.  Y. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Poughkeepsie,  N. 
Reading,  Pa. .  . . 
Stamford,  Conn. 


Freight  Rates  per  100  Pounds  from  Boston,  Mass.,  to 


Portland,  Maine..  . 
Providence,  R.  I.  . 
Rochester,  N.  H. .  . 

Rutland,  Vt 

Springfield,  Mass.. 
St.  Johnsbury ,  Vt . 
Westerly,  R,  I.  .  .  . 
Woonsocket.  R.  I. . 
Worcester,  Mass.  . 


Freight  Rates  per  100  Pounds  from  Chicago,  111.,  to 


Billings,  Mont.  . 
Bismarck,  N.  D. 
Cheyenne,  Wyo. 


Lansing,  Mich 36 

Madison,  Wis 38H 

Nashville,  Tenn 84  "^ 


Natchez.  Miss $1.10 

Owensboro.  Ky 48 

Pierre,  S.D 1.22 

Portland,  Ore 3.00 

Springfield.  Ill 38H 

St.  Louis,  Mo 44W 

St.  Paul,  Minn 60 


Freight  Rates  per  100  Pounds  from  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  to 


Denver,  Colo $1.25 

Ft.  Worth.  Texas 1.47 

Guthrie,  O.  T 95 

Santa  Fe,  N.  M 1.70 

Topeka,  Kas 29 


Des  Moines.  Iowa. 
Little  Rock,  Ark.  . 
Natchez.  Miss.  .  .  . 
Omaha.  Neb 


Freight  Rates  per  100  Pounds  from  Oakland,  Cal.,  to 


1st  class 
Boise,  Idaho  (via  PoO;Iand)  $1.95 

Los  Angeles,  Cal 60 

Portland,  Ore 51 

Seattle,  Wash 96 

Bakersfield,  Cal 83 

Phoenix,  Ariz 2.24 

Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 1.72  i/^ 


Lewiston,  Idaho $1.80 

Ashland,  Ore 1.63 

Logan,  Utah 2.13 

Spokane,  Wash. 


Tucson,  Ariz.. 


2.15 
SPECIAL— Be  sure 


)8  Fresno,  Cal.. 

>5  HoUister,  Cal 

)7  Corning.  Cal 

15  Hanford.  Cal 

'  AsBorted  Order  "  notice,  see  j 

81 


INTERESTING -ASTONISHING 

Cyphers  Incubators  will  Hatch  Successfully  Anything 
"Hatchable,"  from  the  Invisible  Eggs  of  Insects  up  to 
the  Four  Pound  Eggs  Laid   by   Ostriches — the  Proof 


ANY    kind   of    hatchable    eggs    can   be  incubated 

J^\_     successfully    in    Cyphers    Incubators,    ranging 

from  the  invisible  eggs  of  insects  up  to  ostrich 

eggs  that  weigh  three  to  four  pounds  apiece  and  have 


Special  Ostrich  Chicks  Hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators  by 
Roelof  B.  Kotze,  on  Ostrich  Farm  at  Middleburg,  Cape  Province, 
British  South  Africa. 

shells  a  sixteenth  of  an  inch  in  thickness.  This  broad 
statement  has  been  proved  repeatedly  under  widely 
varying  conditions. 

For  twelve  to  fifteen  years.  Standard,  lamp- 
heated  incubators  of  our  manufacture  have  been  used 
by  bacteriologists,  entomologists  and  biologists  in 
their  technical,  scientific  laboratory  work  and  during 
the  last  ten  years  we  have  sold  hundreds  of  our  regular 
No.  3  machines  for  ostrich  hatching  in  British  South 
Africa,    in    Florida,    Arizona   and    California. 

These  so-called  'ostrich  machines  are  simply  our 
regular  No.  3  Incubators  equipped  with  an  extra  deep 
and  extra  strong  egg  tray  or  drawer — each  such 
machine  having  a  capacity  of  thirty-six  to  forty 
ostrich  eggs,  in  place  of  390  normal  sized  hen  eggs. 

In  1901,  at  the  Pan-American  Exposition,  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  Frank  Bostock,  the  world-famous  animal 
trainer,  hatched  snake  eggs  in  a  Cyphers  Incubator 
on  public  exhibition  and  the  Buffalo  daily  papers 
reported  the  successful  hatches. 

Among  the  kinds  of  fowl  and  bird  eggs  that  have 
been  hatched  with  good  success  in  Cyphers  Incubators, 
reports  have  been  sent  to  us  in  time  past  covering  the 
following:  Humming  bird,  canary,  English  sparrow, 
quail,  pheasant,  partridge,  grouse,  pelican,  swan, 
pea  fowl,  pigeon,  ostrich,  guinea  fowl — also  the  eggs 
of  chickens,    turkeys,   ducks   and   geese. 

As  evidence  of  the  splendid  and  universal  hatch- 
ing ability  of  the  genuine  Cyphers  Incubators,  we 
publish  on  this  page  and  the  page  following  three 
recent  sample  reports  that  tell  their  own  storj'  and 
fully  sustain  our  strong  claims  for  the  "World's  Stan- 
dard Hatching  Machines." 


Highly    Superior    Work    of    Standard    Cyphers 

Incubators  in  Hatching  Ostrich  Eggs 

in  South  Africa 

Following  is  a  letter  that  was  published  in  the 
November,  igio,  issue  of  the  "Agricultural  Journal  of 
the  Cape  of  Good  Hope,"  a  monthly  paper  in  magazine 
form  issued  under  the  direction  of  the   British   Govern- 


"  To  the  Editor, 

"  Agricultural  Journal. 

"  Cape  Town. 
"Sir:— 

" '  Certain  it  is  that  some  of  our  most  successful  breeders  as 
regards  numbers  of  healthy  chicks  per  nest  keep  their  breeding 
birds  under  as  natural  conditions  as  possible  and  make  little  or  no 
use  of  the  incubator.' 

"  The  above  is  an  extract  from  the  reply  of  Professor  Duerden 
to  Mr.  A.  G.  Erlank  of  New  Bethesda,  re.  sterility  in  ostrich  eggs, 
and  published  in  your  last  issue. 

"  Out  of  fairness  to  the  incubator,  I  am  forwarding  you  the 
following  particulars: 

"All  our  chicks  are  incubated  in  Cyphers  Incubators  and 
most  of  the  parent  birds  were  also  incubated.  You  will  see  by 
our  egg  record  that  we  have  sixteen  camps  of  breeding  birds,  one 
cock  and  two  hens  to  a  camp.  Of  these  only  fourteen  laid;  the 
other  two  were  only  mated  this  year. 

"  For  reasons  of  our  own  we  separated  our  birds  at  the  end 
of  September,  although  you  will  notice  they  were  mostly  all 
laying  well  at  the  time,  but  of  the  603  eggs  we  hatched  410 
chicks,  nearly  400  of  which  are  alive  and  doing  splendidly. 

"  This,  in  a  year  when  so- many  are  complaining  of  having  few 
or  no  chicks   you  will  admit  speaks  well  for  the  incubator. 

BOWDEN  HALL  EGG  RECORD,  1910 

Total,  July 110 

Total,  August 238 

Total,  September 255 


SOME  OF  OUR  BEST  HATCHES 

40  Fertile  eggs 40  chicks 

38  Fertile  eggs 35  chicks 

38  Fertile  eggs 36  chicks 

37  Fertile  eggs 37  chicks 

39  Fertile  eggs 38  chicks 

41  Fertile  eggs 40  chicks 

"  Altogether,  out  of  603  eggs  laid,  430  were  fertile,  from  which 
^  got  410  chicks. 

Yours  truly,  ROELOF  B.   KOTZE. 


A  100  PER   CENT.  HATCH. 
Writing  of   this  picture,  Mr.  Kotze  said:     "A  machine  just 
hatching  out.    From  this  lot  I   got  40  Chicks  from  40  Fertile 
Eggs. " 


INTERESTING  AND  ASTONISHING  HATCHES  WITH  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS 


THE   CONNECTICUT   AGRICULTURAL 

COLLEGE 

Storrs  Agricultural  Experiment  Station 


Department  of 

Poultry  Husbandr 


FREDERIC  H.  STONEBURN, 

Professor  of  Poultrj'  Husbandry 


Storrs,  Conn.,  August  14,  19H. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y .— 

For  quite  a  series  of  years  it  has  been  evident  to  the  sports- 
men of  this  state  that  the  supply  of  native  game  birds  is  decreasing 
with  great  rapidity.  In  fact,  conditions  have  reached  such  a  pass 
that  many  well  posted  men  feel  that  there  is  danger  of  complete 
extermination  of  both  quail  and  partridge. 

In  view  of  this  fact  the  State  Fish  and  Game  Commissioners 
have  been  giving  much  thought  to  the  problem  of  restocking  the 
natural  covers  of  the  state  with  these  birds.  As  a  result  of  their 
investigation  on  the  subject,  they  concluded  to  attempt  artificial 
propogation,  and  this  work  was  begun  a  few  months  ago.  The 
experiment  is  being  conducted  on  the  grounds  of  this  institution, 
State  Ornithologist  H.  K.  Job  being  in  charge. 

During  the  natural  breeding  season  of  the  partridge  several 
clutches  of  eggs  were  secured  from  nests  in  the  vicinity.  In  some 
cases  these  eggs  were  practically  fresh,  while  in  others  they  had 
been  partially  incubated  by  the  breeding  birds.  In  all  fifty-one 
eggs  were  secured,  and  these  were  placed  in  one  of  your  small- 
sized  incubators,  with  the  following  results  ; 


Number  of  Eggs  Set 


Number  of  Eggs  Hatched 


50 


Quail  are  being  kept  in  confinement  here  and  a  considerable 
number  of  eggs  have  been  produced  by  the  quail  in  the  small 
breeding  pens.  The  fertility  is  not  as  high  as  in  the  case  of  wild 
birds,  but  is  satisfactory  when  the  conditions  are  taken  into 
account.  We  have  used  two  of  your  machines  for  hatching  these 
eggs,  running  them  through  the  entire  twenty-four  day  period  of 
incubation.  Results  have  been  satisfactory  to  all  concerned,  the 
average  of  all  hatches  being  over  SO  per  cent,  of  the  total  number 
of  eggs  set. 

The  work  thus  far  accomplished  leads  us  to  believe  that  in 
the  near  future  methods  of  management  will  be  worked  out  whereby 
our  native  game  birds  can  be  reared  in  large  numbers  under 
artificial  conditions.       Very  sincerely  yours, 

F.   H.  STONEBURN. 


THE  MAPLEWOOD  BIOLOGICAL 
LABORATORY 

Embryological,   Entomological,    Botanical  and    Other    Zoological 

Preparations  for  Schools,  Colleges,  Museums  and 

Private  Collections 

P.  G.  HOWES,  Manager 

Stamford,  Conn.,  August  2,  1911. 

Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

To  be  sure  it  does  not  seem  like  very  much  when 
we  say  that  all  one  needs  to  hatch  chicken  eggs  is  a 
proper  and  unvarying  temperature  and  a  certain 
amount  of  care.  But  to  obtain  these  essential  points 
not  once,  but  on  each  and  every  occasion  that  one 
has  to  raise  embryos,  was  not  such  an  easy  matter 
until  we  began  to  use  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators, 
of  which  we  now  use  four  of  the  No.  2  size. 

We  were  many  months  in  gairting  what  we  wanted 
— what  we  had  to  have — but  we  finally  found  it  in 
these  "hatching  machines"  built  for  poultrymen. 
Not  only  did  we  find  a  heating  plant  which  burns  so 
steadily  that  the  temperature  remained  always  at  the 
proper  degree,  but  we  also  found  that  although  it 
dropped  one  or  two  points  when  the  doors  of  the 
incubators  were  opened  for  experiment  or  testing, 
the  remaining  eggs  were  not  injured  in  any 
degree,  so  quickly  did  the  heating  plant  dispel  the 
cold  air  which  had  gained  entrance  to  the  egg  chambers. 

This  is  a  valuable  point  in  favor  of  the  hot-air 
type  of  incubator,  particularly  during  the  early 
stages  of  development  within  the  egg,  when  the 
embryo  is  undergoing  the  most  delicate  changes. 
Proper  heat  is  what  we  have  found  most  necessary 
in  the  formation  of  strong,  vigorous  chick  embryos 
and  the  Cyphers  is  a  machine  that  possesses  this 
most  desired  quality  in  an  incubator. 
Very  truly  yours, 

PAUL  GRISWOLD  HOWES, 

Curator  of  Ornithology. 


Group  of  "  Mounts,"  Containing  Chick  Embryos  Developed 
to  Desired  Stages  in  Cyphers  Incubators  at  Maplewood  Biological 
Laborator>',  Stamford,  Conn. 


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THE  PARADISE  BROODERS 


MOST  SUCCESSFUL,  CONVENIENT  AND  ECONOMICAL  INDOOR  BROODING 
DEVICE  OF  THE  AGE.  SUITABLE  FOR  ALL-YEAR-ROUND  USE  IN  ANY  WELL 
UGHTED  ROOM  OR  APARTMENT.  MAKES  EARLY  CHICKS  A  CERTAINTY. 
BEST  POSSIBLE  NURSERY  FOR  HARDENING  NEWLY-HATCHED  BROODS 


ANNOUNCEMENT:     In   1909  Cyphers   Incubator  Company,   (: 

incubators,   brooders,    poultry    foods  and    standard    supplies,  bo 

Paradise  Brooder  Company,  a  New  York  State  Corporation  with 

dollars,  doing  so  because  we  desired  to  add  to  ofir  line  of 

practical  device  that  is  built  under  broad  and  exclusive  United  States   and    Canadian   patents  owned  by  the 

Brooder   Company.     Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  by  contract  with  the  Paradise  Brooder  Company,  has  the  sole  right 

to  manufacture  these  brooders. 


t  a  controlling  interest  in  the  capital  stock  of  the 
authorized  capital  of  seventy  thousand  CS70,000) 
lufactures  the  Paradise  Indoor  Brooder,  a  strictly 


EQUIPPED  WITH  A  CYPHERS  INCUBATOR, 
any  size,  and  with  one  or  more  sections  of 
the  Paradise  Brooder  (one  section  will  answer 
nicely  for  a  No.  0  or  No.  1  Incubator,  whereas  a 
complete  four  section  brooder  should  be  used  for  the 
No.  2  and  No.  3  Cyphers  machines),  the  thrifty 
housewife  or  wide-awake  poultryman  can  hatch  and 
raise  chicks  in  any  well-lighted  living  room  or 
other  apartment  with  the  minimum  amount  of  labor 
and  expense — and  this  can  be  done  early  in  the 
season  when  prices  are  highest  and  the  profits  largest. 
One  or  more  Cyphers  Incubators  and  one  or 
more  Paradise  Brooders  can  be  operated  in  the  same 
room,  the  work  thus  being  kept  together,  or  the 
incubators  can  be  operated  to  special  advantage  in 
a  basement  or  cellar  and  the  brooders  in  any  ordinary 
living  room — two  brooders  in  a  room  that  is  10  x  13 


FIG.  1. —  Four-Section  Paradise 
Brooder.  Capacity,  400  chicks  in  eight 
separate  lots  of  50  chicks  each. 


feet  in  size  or  larger,  these  brooders  having  a  com- 
bined capacity  of  eight  hundred  chicks  in  sixteen 
separate  lots  of  fifty  chicks  each,  the  ideal  number 
per  flock. 

With  this  equipment  there  is  no  need  of  build- 
ing costly  poultry  houses.  The  chicks  in  small  or 
large  numbers  can  be  raised  conveniently,  economic- 
ally and  successfully  to  broiler  age  in  this  sectional 
one-lamp  brooder,  or  they  can  be  kept  in  the  Paradise 
Brooder  until  the  chicks  have  feathered,  then  they 
can  be  put  out  in  cold  brooders  or  roosting  coops 
with  perfect  safety  and  will  continue  to  do  well. 

For  broilers  that  are  to  be  raised  to  eight,  ten 
or  twelve  weeks  old,_no  better  place  can  be  found 
for  their  health,  safety  and  rapid  growth  than  the 
Paradise  Brooder,  but  if  the  chicks  are  to  be  kept  for 
breeding  stock,  requiring  special  development  of  bone 
and  muscle,  we  advise  that  after  the 
fourth  or  fifth  week  they  be  placed 
out  upon  the  ground  where  they  will 
get  the  full  limit  of  exercise. 

For  brooding  ducklings  during 
their  early  and  risky  days,  the  Para- 
dise Brooder  is  unexcelled.  It  fur- 
nishes a  continuous  supply  of  fresh 
water  for  them,  yet  the  source  and 
supply  are  protected  so  that  they  can- 
not get  wet — a  condition  that  often  is 
fatal  on  account  of  chilling. 

In  brief,  the  Paradise  Brooder  can 
be  used  with  ease,  safety  and  success 
in  any  well-lighted  apartment  in  any 
kind  of  a  building  and  by  its  use  a 
man  or  woman  who  is  resolved  to 
do  so  can  carry  on  quite  an  exten- 
sive business  in  raising  chickens 
for  the  home  table  or  for  market 
with  only  a  small  outlay  for  re- 
liable incubating  and  brooding 
equipment. 

THE  PARADISE  BROODER 
is  just  the  thing  for  poultr>-men  deal- 
ing in  day-old  chicks  who  need  com- 
fortable and  safe  quarters  in  which  to 
keep  newly-hatched  chicks  a  few  hours 
or  a  few  days  until  they  are  shipped 
away  on  orders.  It  is  equally  valu- 
able for  all  persons  who  buy  day- 
old  chicks. 


DESCRIPTION  OF  PARADISE  BROODERS 

How  They  are  Made  and  How  They  are  Used.  Are  Unlike  Other  Brooders.    The  Advantages  are 
Numerous  and  Self-Evident 


ON  the  basis  of  our  many  years  experience  in 
the  manufacture  and  sale  of  all  styles  of 
brooding  apparatus  we  believe  the  Paradise, 
one-lamp,  sectional  brooder  to  be  the  best  indoor 
brooding  device  invented  thus  far  as  a  practical, 
convenient  and  satisfactory  nursery  for  newly-hatched 
chicks  and  duckhngs. 

This  brooder  embodies  the  correct  principles 
of  brooding  chicks  and  ducklings  by  artificial  means, 
naipely,  heat,  light,  ventilation,  room  for  exercise, 
fresh  water,  etc.,  combined  to  an  unequalled 
extent  with  economy  of  installation,  of  space  occupied, 
of  fuel  consumed,  of  labor  required,  of  money  invested 
and  of  time  and  attention  in  caring  for  the  chicks. 

Futhermore,  the  attendant  has  the  chickens 
under  perfect  controlatall  times — 
in  fact,  can  see  the  three  or  four 
hundred  inmates  of  this  thoroughly 
lighted  brooder  at  any  moment 
almost  at  a  glance. 

Another  highly  important  point 
is  that  the  chicks  are  up  off  the 
floor  of  the  dwelling  house  room  or 
other  apartment  in  which  the  brooder 
is  located  and  therefore  are  away 
from  the  coldest  atmosphere  and 
from  dangerous  floor  drafts.  They 
also  are  safe  from  the  attack  of  rats, 
cats,  etc. 

ON  MARKET  The  Paradise 
SIX  YEARS :  B  r  o  o  d  e  r  is  the 
result  of  years  of 
study  and  test  by  practical  poultry- 
men.  A  number  of  these  brooders 
were  sold  six]  years  ago  and  it  has 
been  in  general  public  use  five 
years,  giving  great  satisfaction.  It 
is  sold  in  one,  two,  three  or  four 
sections.  The  brooder  complete  con- 
sists of  four  sections  and  in  this  form 
is  the  most  economical  and  convenient,  where  a  capa- 
city of  three  hundred  to  five  hundred  chicks  is  desired. 
Each  section  consists  of  two  entirely  separate 
apartments,  the  rated  capacity  of  each  compartment 
being  fifty  to  seventy-five  newly-hatched  chicks. 
Fifty  chicks  in  each  lot  is  the  number  recommended. 

The  illustration  of  the  Paradise  Brooder  that 
is  shown  on  the  preceding  page  has  eight  separate  com- 
partments and  an  equal  number  of  long,  well-lighted 
runways  for  ais  many  different  lots  of  chicles. 
Chickens  can  be  of  one  age  and  size,  or  of  eight  lots, 
varying  in  age  from  just  hatched  to  several  weeks 
old.  Operator  can  use  one  section  or  several  sec- 
tions at  a  time — one  lamp  and  water  tank  does  for 
all.  If  preferred,  one  section  only  can  be  purchased 
originally  (see  illustration  on  this  page)  and  then 
other  sections  can  be  added  later  as  needed  to  meet 
requirements. 

The  Paradise  Brooder  is  3  feet  wide  and  7  feet  long. 
A  single  section  is  equivalent  to  two  brooders 
of  the  ordinary  size,  giving  a  capacity  of  one  hundred  to 
one  hundred  and  fifty  chicks.  Each  section  is  twelve 
inches  high.     The  base  section  (shown  complete  on  this 


page)  stands  nineteen  inches  above  the  floor,  to  allow 
space  for  the  heater,  etc.  This  brooder  is  very  easily  set 
up  and  can  be  carried  through  any  ordinary  doorway. 


METHOD  OF 
HEATING  : 


Economy  of  heat  is  important  in 
any  brooder  and  in  the  Paradise 
Sectional  Brooder  we  have  the 
limit  of  economy,  because  300,  400  or  even  500  chickens 
can  be  brooded  successfully  at  one  time,  with  one 
lamp,  and  in  a  small  amount  of  space.  The 
ages  of  the  chicks  may  vary  from  one  day  to  eight 
weeks  and  yet  all  may  be  given  the  proper  hover 
temperature. 

The  floor  space  of  each  section  is  36  x  84  inches. 
There  are  two  distinct  brooders  in 


FIG.  II. — Complete  Base  Section  of  Paradise  Brooder.  Includes  Heater,  Fresh-Air 
Intake,  Cover,  Six  Legs,  Ventilating  Cap  and  Large  Water  Can,  which  are  sent  with  Base 
Section  only.  Section  has  two  separate  Hovers  and  Runways  and  is  equal  to  two 
ordinary  brooders,  each  having  a  capacity  of  50  to  75  newly-hatched  chicks. 


each  section,  with  a  capacity  of  fifty  to  seventy- 
five  chicks  each. 

The  heat  generated  by  the  safety  oil  stove  ascends 
through  the  several  sections  and  by  means  of  dampers 
conveniently  arranged  on  each  section  the  varia- 
tion and  regulation  of  the  heat  supply  to  any  hover 
compartment  can  be  readily  governed.  Heat  enters 
the  hover  by  slight  radiation  from  above,  less  from 
below,  a  little  from  one  side,  while  from  the  other 
side  there  is  a  constant  yet  mild  inflow  of  pure, 
fresh,  warmed  air  entering  the  hover  at  all  times. 
Also  a  body  of  warm  air  passes  over  the  backs  of  the 
chicks  constantly  while  they  are  in  the  hover  com- 
partment. A  half-width  glass  partition  or  curtain 
partly  separates  the  hover  compartment  from  the 
runway  and  retains  a  body  of  fresh,  warm  air  over 
the  backs  of  the  chicks  while  they  are  in  the  hover. 
See  («)  Fig.  V. 

The  lamp  is  not  a  safety  device  in  name  only, 
but  in  reality.  The  oil  tank  is  located  away  from  the 
flame,  there  being  at  no  time  more  than  a  spoonful 
of  oil  under  or  near  the  flame.  In  this  lamp  the 
oil  is  kept  cool  by  a  current  of  outside  air 


THE  PARADISE  BROODERS— HOW  MADE  AND  HOW  USED 


through  the  center  of  the  oil  receptacle.  This  current 
of  air  also  enters  the  center  of  the  circular  flame, 
making  combustion  perfect  and  thus  insuring  it 
against  smoking.  The  filling  of  the  oil  tank  is  simple 
and  in  no  way  interferes  with  the  flame.  There  is 
only  one  lamp  to  look  after,  whether  you  have  one 
section  or  four  sections. 

THE  PLAN  OF  Ffesh  pure  air  is  brought  in 
through  a  pipe  from  outside 
the  building  and  is  warmed  and 
distributed  to  each  section.  The  shutting  off  of  the 
heat  supply  does  not  interfere  with  the  fresh  air 
inlet.  The  constant  movement  of  this  current  of 
air  makes  the  ventilation  perfect,  regardless  of  weather 
conditions,  there  being  almost  a  complete  change 
of  air  in  the  hover  every  few  minutes.     This  abun- 


VENTILATION : 


FIG.  III. — Showing  Paradise  Brooder  with  four  Sections, 
containing  Eight  Compartments  and  Eight  Runways — Equivalent 
to  Eight  Separate  Brooders,  each  having  a  capacity  of  50  to  75 
newly-hatched  chicks.  Notice  the  ease  with  which  attendant  can 
care  for  the  chicks  and  clean  the  brooder. 

dance  of  fresh  air  and  oxygen  makes  the  chicks  healthy, 
hungry  and  hardy— the  three  essentials  for  success 
with  chicks.  The  ventilator  on  the  waste  pipe  above 
the  machine  carries  out  of  the  room  all  foul  odors 
and  thus  makes  it  safe  and  satisfactory  to  brood 
large  numbers  of  chicks  in  even  a  small  room. 

This  automatic  system  of  ventilation  gives  the 
chicks  such  outdoor  conditions  as  are  beneficial  to 
them,  while  the  detrimental  conditions  of  outdoor 
brooding,  such  as  dampness,  constant  changes 
of  temperature,  cold,  driving  winds  and  the  many 
inconveniences    in    caring    for    an    outside    brooder, 


are  eliminated.  The  feeding,  watering,  caring  for 
lamp  and  cleaning  of  the  Paradise  Brooder  are  all 
done  indoors,  regardless  of  the  weather,  making 
poultry  keeping  a  pleasure  instead  of  a  hardship. 
E.xperienced  poultrymen  will  acknowledge  that  fresh 
air  is  a  feature  sadly  lacking  in  the  average  indoor  box 
brooder,  especially  when  several  of  them  are  used 
in  one  room  or  poultry  building.  The  many  lamps 
make  the  air  foul.  Thorough  ventilation  is  one  of 
the  strongest  features  of  the  Paradise  Brooder. 
UYTU  A  -WITT  T  Light  is  as  essential  as  oxygen, 
rw-xTT^r;  feed   or  water  in   the   normal  and 

LIGHT  t-U:  ^^^-^^  development  of  chicks.   The 

Paradise  Brooder  is  the  best  lighted  indoor  or 
outdoor  brooder  on  the  market.  In  this  respect 
it  has  no  equal.  See  illustrations.  The  hover  com- 
partment has  a  glass  door  which  permits  of  a  ready 
inspection  of  the  chicks  while  in  the  hover,  without 
disturbing  them.  The  little  chicks  can  be  given 
their  first  meal  in  this  hover  compartment,  where  it 
is  light,  warm  and  comfortable.  If  the  chicks  are 
being  forced  specially  for  broiler  purposes,  a  lamp, 
gas  jet  or  electric  light  can  be  placed  near  the  brooder 
at  night,  which  will  allow  the  chicks  to  eat  and  drink 
late  at  night,  also  extra  early  in  the  morning,  and  this 
plan  will  help  materially  in  their  quick  development. 
When  in  use  the  brooder  should  be  placed  with  the 
screen  end  towards  a  window,  and  in  this  position 
all  parts  of  the  runways  and  hovers  will  receive  plenty 
of  light  during  the  day. 

ii*i7'T'ii/-»T->  nn  This  is  one  of  the  best  features 
wA^^»?Ni^  °f  the  Paradise  Brooder.  From 
WATERING :     ^  i^^.^^  ^^^  ^^  ^^^  ^f  brooder,  the 

water  is  allowed  to  drip  slowly  into  the  first  water 
cup  in  top  section.  This  cup  is  placed  in  the  middle 
partition  so  that  chicks  from  either  side  can  drink 
from  it.  The  cups  are  narrow  and  long  and  the  chicks 
cannot  get  into  them  and  become  wet  or  foul  the 
water.  From  the  overflow  section  of  the  top  cup  fresh 
water  direct  from  the  large  can  drops  downward 
through  an  open  trough  to  the  supply  cup  in  the 
next  section  below.  All  water  in  each  section  comes 
direct  from  the  fresh  supply  in  the  can  or  reservoir. 
The  long  cups  permit  o  dozen  or  more  chicks 
in  each  compartment  to  drink  at  one  time.  The 
cups  are  removable  and  can  be  cleaned  and  ster- 
ilized daily.  The  water  in  these  cups,  being  farthest 
from  the  heat  of  the  hover  section,  remains  cool  and 
refreshing  at  all  times. 

In  the  ordinary  box  brooder  the  water  is  liable 
to  be  neglected  and  becomes  foul,  and  little  chicks 
that  drink  such  water  soon  develop  bowel  disease 
in  one  form  or  another  and  simply  fade  away,  dying 
in  large  numbers.  In  the  Paradise  Brooder  the 
running  water,  although  the  movement  is  merely  drop 
by  drop,  will  remain  clean  and  fresh.  It  gives  you 
a  contented  feeling  when  you  are  absent  from  the  chicks 
to  know  that  they  always  have  fresh  water  before 
them.  The  final  drip  from  the  lowest  section  passes 
into  a  pail,  or  can  be  conducted  by  pipe  outside  the  room. 
It  is  a  real  pleasure  to  feed  and 
care  for  the  chicks  in  this  type 
of  indoor  brooder.  Each  section 
or  compartment  receives  its  allowance  of  food — varied 
to   suit   the   age   and    condition   of   the   chicks.     The 


FEEDING 
THE  CHICKS : 


THE  PARADISE  BROODERS— HOW  MADE  AND  HOW  USED 


opening  of  the  slide  doors  on  the  end  or  side  of 
runway  does  not  lower  the  hover  temperature,  which 
is  located  in  the  rear  or  closed  end.  If  short-cut  or 
shredded  Alfalfa  is  kept  on  the  floor  of  the  runway 
and  Cyphers  Chick  Food  is  scattered  in  this,  it  is  a 
delight  to  watch  the  hardy  little  chicks  scratching 
away  even  on  cold  wintry  days. 

This  exercise  is  essential  for  growth  and  de- 
velopment. In  the  slide  doors  which  enclose  the 
runways  are  located  neatly  arranged  sheet  metal 
troughs  in  which  a  supply  of  grit,  beef  scrap  and 
charcoal  can  be  kept.  They  also  can  be  used  for  forc- 
ing food  in  growing  broilers.  These  troughs  tip 
upward  and  outward  while  being  filled  and 
fall  back  again  into  place  so  that  the  chicks  can 
pick  in  them,  but  cannot  scratch  out  the  con- 
tents. With  this  brooder  there  is  no  need  to 
travel  long  distances  either  indoors  or  out- 
doors to  care  for  and  feed  several  broods  of 
chicks.  The  attendant  merely  stands  at  the 
side  of  the  brooder  and  can  feed  three  to  five 
hundred  chicks  in  a  very  few  minutes,  all 
work  being  done  indoors  and  in  a  standing 
position. 


EASY  TO 
KEEP  CLEAN 


If  a  brooder  is  hard  to  clean 
it  will  be  neglected  many 
times.  Filth  is  fatal  to 
healthy  chicks.  While  cleaning  a  compartment 
or  section  of  a  Paradise  Brooder,  the  chicks  are 
shut  in  the  hover  compartment  by  a  dummy 
door  and  are  kept  there  comfortably  while  the 
runways  are  brushed  out.  The  slide  doors  in 
the  side  of  brooder  are  removable  and  this 
makes  the  runways  easy  to  get  at,  so  that 
cleaning  out  does  not  seem  like  real  work.  The 
litter  is  all  brushed  out  and  falls  in  a  long  box 
kept  under  the  brooder  for  this  purpose.  Each 
hover  compartment  is  cleaned  from  the  rear 
end  through  the  slide  door  with  glass  panel. 
Moving  this  slide  to  one  side  exposes  the 
entire  length  of  the  brooder.  Meanwhile  the 
chicks  are  in  the  runway  end,  eating  and  drink- 
ing in  comfort. 

It  pays  to  clean  daily,  hence  the  great 
practical   value  of  a  convenient   method   for 
cleaning.     In   the    Paradise    Brooder   there   are 
no  cloth  curtains  to  retain  filth  and  shut  out 
health-giving   light.     The   little   chick   can    see 
from    the    end    of    runway,    where    it    gets    a 
drink,    right    back    through   to    the   hover   com 
partment,  and  chicks  always  find  their  way  back 
into  the  warm  hover  of  this  brooder  without  assistance 
There  are  no  steps,  no  inclines  for  them  to  learn 
how  to  use — no  dark  corners  for  the  chicks  to  ge 
lost  in  or  to  huddle  in. 


higher  at  this  point  than  in  the  end  of  the  runway 
farthest  from  the  hover  compartment  proper. 

To  each  section  of  the  Paradise  Brooder  there  are 
two  distinct  compartments,  each  with  its  separate 
hover  and  separate  runway.  A  removable  screen 
slide  divides  the  section  into  these  two  compartments. 
Both  compartments  can  be  used  as  one,  it  desired. 

The  long,  well-lighted  runways  with  fresh,  cool 
air  make  very  satisfactory  quarters  for  developing 
the  chicks.  Shallow  boxes  previously  sown  with  rye 
in  about  two  inches  of  earth  will  furnish  the  chicks 
excellent  green  food  during  the  winter  time  and  early 


LARGE,  LIGHT 
RUNWAYS  : 


The  part  of  runway  farthes 
from  the  hover  compartmen 
is  enclosed  by  a  screen  slide 
doorP  both  at  side  and  end,  and  this  section  of  the 
runway  takes  the  temperature  of  the  room  which, 
to  get  the  best  results,  should  be  about  sixty  degrees 
in  cold  weather.  The  part  of  the  runway  (between 
it  and  the  warmest  compartment)  is  enclosed  by  a 
glass  slide  door,  which  keeps  the  temperature  a  little 


FIG.  IV. — Showing  how  the  sections  of  the  Paradise  Brooder  are 
separable,  including  cover.  The  sections  are  light  and  easy  to  handle 
and  will  pass  through  any  doonvay.  When  tiered  up  the  sections  fit 
snugly  one  on  the  other,  with  cover  on  top. 

spring.  These  boxes  can  be  placed  in  the  runways 
when  the  rye  is  about  two  inches  high.  After  all  is 
nipped  off  remove  the  boxes  and  let  the  rye  grow 
up  again.  Several  of  these  shallow  boxes  can  be 
kept  growing  on  shelves  in  the  room  or  brooder  house 
at  all  times.  This  plan  is  of  great  help  in  raising 
winter  broilers. 

Sprouted  oats  also  are  excellent  for  chicks  four 
weeks  old  and  older,  but  should  be  given  sparingly. 
In  the  spring  and  summer  white  clover  sod  may  be 
used  with  fine  results — or  any  other  tender  green  food 
that  chicks  are  fond  of  on  range.  At  all  seasons  of  the 
year  Alfalfa  meal  or  steamed  short-cut  Alfalfa  or  Clover 
form  a  valuable  substitute  for  fresh  vegetation. 

It  is  a  fact  that  the  broiler  business  has  never  been 
fully  developed — chiefly  because  of  the  lack  of  proper 


The  paradise  brooders— how  made  and  how  used 


brooding  facilities  for  the  early  chicks.  The  Paradise  Brooder 
now  makes  it  possible  to  brood  successfully  practically  all  the 
early  chicks  that  are  hatched  and  to  grow  them  to  broiler  size 
in  safe,  comfortable  quarters  in  a  remarkably  short  time — 

two  pound  broilers  in  eight  weeks  or  pound  and  a  half  broilers 
in  six  weeks.  On  a  test  in  a  room  16  x  20  feet,  more  than  3,000 
broilers  were  raised  successfully  i 


one  season. 


J  (a) 


the  lamp  (b)  up  through  the  eev 
latins  cap  (e)  placed  near  the  ceiling  of  the  room  which 
carries  away  both  the  foul  air  from  the  room  as  wiell  as  the 
fumes  from  the  lamp. 

The  cold  fresh  air  taken  in  by  a  3-inch  pipe  connection 
from  outside  the  room  enters  tlie  cold  air  box  (d)  which 
surrounds  the  lamp  (bj  and  passes  into  the  heating  and  ex- 
pandmg  chamber  (e).  By  pushing  in  the  damper  (])  against 
the  hot  air  flue  (a)  tliis  fresh  warmed  air  is  direct©!  through 
the  space  underneath  the  floor,  outward,  then  up  through 
the  screen  (g)  at  the  side  of  the  hover  compartments  (h). 

The  foul  air  is  constantly  being  withdrawn  from  this 

in  the  side  waU,  into  the  space  between  §ie  hot  air  flue  (a) 
and  the  side  wall  of  hover  compartment  (h). 

It  older  chickens  are  Kept  in  any  section  the  bottom  heat 
is  taken  away  by  pulling  outward  the  damper  as  in  (jj), 
which  allows  the  warm  air  to  pass  upward  without  passing 
luiderand  heating  the  floor,  thus  lowering  the  temperature, 
(k)  is  the  small  eliield  covering  whatwould  be  the  warm- 
est Bide  of  the  hover  compartment.  This  makes  all  sides  of 
I  lie  hover  compartment  equal  In  heat  radiation. 

(I)  Is  the  glass  slide  door  in  the  side  of  the  rimway  next  to 
hover  compartment  (h),  while  (m)  is  the  screen  slide  door  on 
*'   '^--^'-  -    ■•     t  from  the  hover  compartment. 

,    ascurtamwhic 

npartment  i 

at  all  times,  and  yet  i 


(0)  are  feed  troughs  arranged  in  the 
permit  feeding  without  opening  hover 


I  sections  to  pass  up  and  ai 
ventilating  cap  (c). 

i  the  conducting  flue  for  supplying  fresh  i 


FURTHER 
ADVANTAGES : 


If  you  are  in  the  poultry  business  on  a 
small  scale,  one  section  of  the  Paradise 


Brooder   with   its  two  compartments 

may  be  sufficient.  As  the  business  expands  you  can  add  more 
sections  and  tier  them  up;  each  fits  securely  on  top  of  the  other. 
The  one  heating  device  does  for  all  and  there  is  but  one 
cover.  As  each  new  section  is  added  the  cover  is  raised  and 
placed  on  top.     See  Fig.  IV. 

Chicks  of  different  ages  are  right  at  home  in  this  brooder — 
each  lot  in  a  different  compartment,  yet  there  is  but  one 
lamp  to  fill  and  care  for.  The  temperature  of  any  section 
can  be  regulated  for  chicks  of  any  age. 

It  is  a  delight  to  feed,  water  and  care  for  the  chicks  in  this 
type  of  brooder — there  is  no  heavy  work,  no  kneeling  down 
on  damp  ground  to  fix  the  lamp — everj'thing  is  right  up  in 
front  of  you  and  indoors.  The  brooder  is  perfectly  safe  to  use 
being  doubly  protected  by  metal  and  air  space  with  a  standard 
safety  lamp. 

BEST  FOR  Being  so  easy  to  operate  the  Paradise  Broo- 

XHF  ivnvirp  •  ^^''  '^  ■'^^  *^^  thing  for  the  novice  or 
'beginner.  Directions  for  operating  are 
furnished  with  each  brooder;  also  instructions  as  to  methods 
of  feeding.  Chicks  in  these  brooders  do  well  from  the  very  begin- 
ning and  grow  steadily  with  no  set-backs.  Unlike  chicks 
kept  in  the  average  ill-lighted  indoor  bo.x  brooder,  the  chicks 
in  the  Paradise  do  not  crowd,  are  not  overheated,  do  not 
become  chilled,  but  have  plenty  of  light  and  plenty  of 
health-giving  oxygen,  with  fresh  water  to  drink. 

The  experienced  poultr^'man  can  readily  see  the  numerous 
advantages  of  this  brooder.  Many  such  poultrymen  are 
adopting  it  to  replace  old  style  box  brooders  of  inferior  construc- 
tion, especially  the  indoor  types.  A  single  section  requires 
more  floor  space  than  the  ordinary  box  brooder,  but  has  a 
capacity  of  twice  as  many  chicks.  Yet  each  one  hundred 
chicks  have  a  space  of  3  x  7  feet.  Remember  that  you  do  not 
have  to  shift  the  chicks  in  the  Paradise  Brooder  to  get  a 
change  of  temperature.  The  dampers  take  care  of  the  regula- 
tion of  the  temperature — a  separate  damper  for  each  com- 
partment. 


CARE  OF 
THE  CHICKS 


UoTer  compartment. 


Chicks  in  the  Paradise  Brooder  do  not  have 
to  endure  a  temperature  detrimental  to  their 
growth.  They  are  at  liberty  at  all  times 
to  select  a  temperature  that  suits  them — that  suits  their 
age  and  the  weather  conditions.  Keep  hover  compartment 
always  warm  enough;  if  too  warm  at  any  time  the  chicks  will 
move  out  in  the  first  runway  (protected  bj^  glass)  and  will  still 
be  comfortable.  Chicks  in  ordinary  box  brooders  that  must 
huddle  in  the  dark  hover  half  the  time  to  keep  warm  will, 
not  develop  as  rapidly  as  they  should. 

In  the  Paradise  we  keep  the  hover  compartment  Warm 
enough  so  that  the  chicks  will  feel  the  heat  quickly  then 
they  will  hurry  out  again  and  hustle  and  scratch  for  a  few 
more  grains  of  chick  food  scattered  in  the  litter  of  each  runway. 
A  chick  that  never  gets  a  chill  and  has  blood  that  is  well  oxyge- 
nated (which  can  only  be  the  case  in  a  well  ventilated  brooder) 


THE  PARADISE  BROODERS— HOW  MADE  AND  HOW  USED 


will  spend  but  little  of  its  time  in  the  hover  com- 
partment except  at  night.  Many  times  we  have 
heard  poultrymen  say,  "I  can  hatch  chicks,  but 
brooding  is  the  stick."  To  these  poultrymen  we 
recommend  the  use  of  the  Paradise  Brooder. 
For  the  basis  of  this  recommendation  see  the  sample 
reports  herewith  from  actual  users.  This  brooder  is 
the  result  of  j'ears  of  study  and  experimentation  by 
practical  poultrymen  and  was  thoroughly  tested 
before  being  offered  to  the  public. 

PLACES  "^^^  Paradise  Brooder  can  be  operated 
TTCir  .  '^^''^  success  in  a  dwelling  house,  store 
*  room,  stable,  poultry'  building  or  other 
structure  where  the  temperature  does  not  go 
down  to  freezing.  It  will  give  excellent  satisfaction 
in  any  of  these  locations.  No  better  or  more  convenient 
place  can  be  found  than  near  a  window  in  a  room  in  an 
ordinary  dwelling — a  south  or  east  room  preferred, 
where  the  sun  will  shine  in  on  bright  days.  Two  brooders 
complete,  four  sections  each,  having  a  combined  capacity 
of  eight  hundred  (800)  chicks,  can  be  operated  with 
every  convenience  in  a  room  12  x  14  feet  in  size. 
Dimensions  of  each  brooder  (floor  space)  are  3x7  feet, 
and  an  eighteen  or  twenty-four  inch  aisle  is  needed  at 
sides,  and  twenty-four  or  thirty  inch  aisle  at  ends,  for 
convenience  of  attendant. 

SEPARATE  CIRCULAR— There  is  room  in  this  section  of  ou 
are  using  Paradise  Brooders — see  next 
us  other  reports,  also  pictures  showing  i 


One  of  these  brooders  complete  can  be  located 
to  advantage  in  each  runway  of  an  ordinary 
brooding  house  that  is  heated  by  hot-water  pipes 
or  equipped  with  individual  floor  brooders  and  will 
serve  as  a  first-class  nursery  for  newly-hatched 
chicks,  thus  greatly  increasing  the  capacity  of  the 
house  and  giving  the  owner  a  place  in  which  to  brood 
his  youngest  chicks  where  they  will  be  under  perfect 
control  every  hour  of  the  day  or  night. 
p^|,  Tjci?  Many    customers    will    prefer    to    use 

.^^  „  'j^  _  gas,  either  natural  or  artificial, 
'  instead  of  oil,  and  in  such  cases  we 
can  supply  the  Paradise  Brooder  equipped  with  the 
Cyphers  Blue-Flame  Gas  Burner  instead  of  the  usual 
oil  heater.  If  gas  heater  is  desired  it  must  be  so 
stated  on  order. 

Price  of  Paradise  Brooders 

F.  O.  B.  Buffalo,  N.  V..  Boston:  Mass.,  New  York  City.  N.  Y., 
Chicago,  111.,  and  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Base  Section,  complete  (including  Heater, 
Fresh-Air  Box,  Cover,  Legs,  Ventilating 
Cap  and  Water  Can,  which  are  sent  with 
Base  Section  only),  crated  ready  for 
Shipment,  with  complete  Directions 
for    use $20.00 

Additional  Sections,  each 15.00 

Shipping  Weight,  crated:     Base  section,  about  250  pounds;  other 

sections,  each,  150  pounds. 

r  catalog  to  publish  only  a  few  sample  reports  in   condensed   form 

page.     If  specially  interested,  please  send  a  postal  card  for  large,  free 

,vhere  and  how  these  brooders  are  being  used  to  excellent  advantage.- 


TWO  P.A.R-4.DISE  BROODERS  (COMPLETE)   IN  LIVING    ROOM.   U  x   14  FEET. 

Dwelling  House  Room.  12x14  feet,  with  two  windows  is  an  ideal  location  for  two  tomplete  Paradise  Brooders  holding  a  total  of  800 

chicks — sixteen  different  lots  of  50  chicks  each,  ages  varying  from  just  hatched  to  several  weeks  old.     Leaves  2}4  -foot  passageway  at  enda 

of  brooders,  2  feet  aisle  against  each  wall,  and  4  feet  of  space  between  the  two  brooders.     Most  practical,  convenient,  safe  and  economical 

way  for  the  average  poultry  raiser  to  brood  large  numbers  of  chicks  in  winter  and  early  spring  while  weather  is  cold  and  changeable. 


Sample  Reports— Paradise  Brooders 


"  MINE  WOULD  BE  PRICELESS  " 

Chardon,  Ohio,  August  4,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co..  Buffalo,  N.  V. — 

Too  much  cannot  be  said  in  praising  your  Paradise  Brooder. 
If  I  had  the  only  one  in  the  worlds  without  a  chance  of  getting 
another,  mine  would  be  priceless.  I  start  my  machine  and 
place  loo  newly-hatched  chicks  in  each  section.  Have  never 
raised  better  stoclc  than  this  year,  and  in  your  different  brooders 
have  raised  over  4,000  chicks,  I  am  sending  you  under  separate 
cover  a  view  of  my  Paradise  Brooder  in  operation. 

CHAS.  W.  ROSS. 


NONE  OTHER  "  IN  THE  SAME  CLASS  " 

Greenville,  Miss.,  July  14,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co..  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

I  know  of  no  indoor  nursery  or  brooding  device  that  is  in 
the  same  class  with  the  Paradise — it  is  so  easy  to  regulate  and 
keep  sanitary,  is  light  and  airy,  without  drafts,  and  the  ventilating, 
heating  and  feeding  devices  are  about  perfect.  No  more  trouble 
to  care  for  400  chicks  in  the  eight  compartments  than  100 
in  the  average  brooding  device.  The  percentage  of  loss  of 
chicks  that  are  strong  when  they  come  from  the  incubator  is  almost 
nothing,  and  the  chicks  grow  rapidly.  Had  first-class  success 
with  it — several  times  had  as  many  as  60  chicks  in  each  compart- 
ment. GEO.  WHEATLEY. 


"OUT  OF  225  CHICKS  LOST  ONLY  TWO" 

Redfield,  S.  D.,  May  30,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  l'.— 

I  am  more  than  pleased  with  the  Paradise  Brooder.  Out 
of  225  chicks  placed  in  it  I  lost  only  two.  The  first  lot  I  kept 
in  it  until  three  and  one-half  weeks  old  and  everyone  who  saw 
them  said  they  had  never  before  seen  as  strong  and  healthy 
chicks  in  any  brooder.  I  have  1 18  in  it  at  the  present  time, 
two  weeks  old.  You  could  not  give  me  any  other  kind  of  a  brooder. 
/  do  not  think  you  advertise  its  good  qualities  strong  enough, 
O.   BENNETT. 


LOST  ONLY  20  CHICKS  IN  3,000 

Hope,  Ind.,  July  10,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

I  have  been  wanting  to  write  you  of  the  splendid  success 
I  had  with  one  of  your  four-section  Paradise  Brooders  this  season. 
We  have  always  heretofore  had  quite  a  loss  among  our  little  chicks 
for  the  first  ten  days  of  their  lives,  and  it  seemed  to  me  that  your 
Paradise  Brooder  would  stop  this  loss,  which  I  am  pleased  to 
say  it  did.  We  carried  something  like  three  thousand  chicks 
through  the  Paradise  Brooder  and  our  loss  was  not  over  twenty 
chicks  out  of  the  three  thousand.  The  first  four  hundred  and 
fifty  chicks  run  through  this  brooder  resulted  in  a  loss  of  but  four 
chicks.  /  think  the  death  rate  in  baby  chicks  can  be  almost 
entirely  done  away  with  by  the  use  of  the  Paradise  Brooder, 
V.  R.  FISHEL. 

Note: — 1911,  Mr.  Fishel  ordered  three  more  of  these  Brooders. 
His  brother,  J.  C.  Fishel,  upon  learning  of  the  fine  work  done  by 
the  first  Paradise  bought  by  U.  R.  Fishel,  ordered  one  for  his  own 
use  and  had  it  sent  to  him  by  express. 


WORKS  RIGHT,  BOTH  WINTER  AND  SUMMER 

Hawthorn,  Pa.,  July  16,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffah,  N.  Y.— 

It  affords  us  much  pleasure  to  give  our  experience  with  the 
Paradise  Brooder.  The  room  in  which  it  is  located  dropped  am 
low  as  40  degrees  last  winter  and  went  up  to  95  degrees  this 
summer,  but  it  kept  the  chicks  comfortable  at  all  times.  We 
brooded  about  five  hundred  chicks  in  the  Paradise  this  spring, 
with  very  low  mortality.  We  have  had  experience  with  all  the 
principal  makes  of  brooders  on  the  market  and  consider  the  Para- 
dise superior  to  the  others  for  these  reasons — convenience  in 
feeding,  chicks  in  view  at  all  times,  running  water,  good 
supply  of  pure  air,  facility  in  cleaning,  and  general  sanitary 
qualities,  ARBUTUS  FARM, 

per  D.  M.  Dunsmore. 


"NEVER  HAD  CHICKS  LOOK  SO  FINE" 

North  New  Salem,  Mass.,  July  7,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.~ 

I  installed  a  two-section  Paradise  Brooder  and  used  it  through 
April,  May  and  June  for  chicks  and  ducklings.  /  kept  forty  to 
fifty  chicks  in  each  compartment  until  they  were  three 
weeks  old.  They  were  fed  Cyphers  Chick  Food  in  litter  and  I 
never  had  chicks  look  so  fine  or  grow  as  fast,  and  I  raised  98  per 
cent.  Ducklings  did  equally  well  and  grew  like  weeds.  Raised 
120  chickens  and  over  300  ducks.  This  brooder  cannot  be  extelled 
and  is  all  you  claim  for  it. 

W\'OLETTE  POULTRY  YARDS, 

R.  L.   Chamberlin,  Proprietor. 


"HIGHEST  QUALITY  BIRDS" 

Urban  Farms,  Pine  Ridge,  Buffalo.  N.  Y.,  November  10,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

Facts  talk — and  hereare  some  facts: 

September  26,  1911,  we  placed  the  following  Jine  quality 
chicks  in  the  three  lower  sections  of  our  No.  1  Paradise  Brooder: 
28  White  Rocks;  8  Anconas;  4  Houdans;  18  S.  C.  White  Leghorns; 
8  SUver  Campines  14  Black  Langshans— total,  80  chicks.  Up  to 
this  date,  November  10th,  one  chick  has  died  and  only  one — a 
White  Leghorn.  The  other  chicks  are  in  fine  healthy  con- 
dition. 

October  23,  1911,  we  placed  the  following  chicks  in  three 
upper  compartments  of  our  No.  2  Paradise  Brooder: — 38  White 
Wyandottes,  29  Plymouth  Rocks,  1  Houdan.  10  Anconas.  S  Silver 
Campines,  10  Black  Langshans,  2  Black  Tailed  Japanese  Ban- 
tams— total,  95  chicks.  Up  to  this  date,  November  10th,  we  have 
lost  two  chicks  from  this  lot — one  White  Wyandotte  and  One  White 
Rock.  The  other  chicks  are  in  fine  healthy  condition  and 
growing  steadily. 

We  regard  the  Paradise  Brooder  as  the  best  device  thus  far 
invented  for  starting  young  chicks,  as  a  chick  nursery — and 
we  prove  our  faith  by  entrusting  to  these  Brooders  our  highest 
quality  birds.  Have  now  used  these  Brooders  three  years  with 
uniformly  good  results.  GEORGE  URBAN,  Jr., 

Proprietor  Urban  Farms. 


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HATCHING    CHICKENS 
BY    ELECTRICITY 

EASIEST,  CLEANEST  AND  SAFEST  METHOD  KNOWN  TO  MANKIND 
FOR  HATCHING  AND  BROODING  CHICKS  AND  DUCKUNGS 


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IMAGINE  the  process  of  successful  incubation  by 
artificial  means  reduced  to  the  mere  task  of 
unscrewing  an  incandescent  lamp  from  its  socket 
in  any  room,  office  or  other  apartment,  by  screwing 
into  its  place  a  screw-plug  attached  to  a  cord,  then 
turning  the  key  on  the  light  fixture,  the  same  exactly 
as  you  do  when  you  turn  on  an  electric  light — imagine 
this  simple  operation  and  you  have  done  all  there 
is  to  do  in  furnishing  heat,  ventilation,  moisture  and 
automatic  regulation  to  hatch  chicks  or  ducklings 
in  a  Cyphers  Electric  Incubator,  or  to  brood  them 
in  a  Cyphers  Electric  Brooder. 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company  is  the  originator 
of  Electric  Incubating  and  Brooding  Devices  of  prac- 
tical value.  Our  investigations  in  this  field  were  begun 
years  ago,  and  successful  hatches  were  made  by  us,, 
using  electricity  as  the  heating  element,  as  far  back  as 
the  spring  of  1899.  After  years  of  experimental  work 
in  the  laboratories  of  the  Company,  Electric  Incuba- 
tion was  demonstrated  to  be  practical,  economical 
and  desirable.  The  different  styles  of  apparatus 
that  have  been  devised  and  patented  by  us  are  illus- 
trated and  briefly  described  herewith. 

We  are  proud  to  be  the  first  in  the  field  in 
developing  and  introducing  this  process  of  hatching 
and  rearing  domestic  poultry  by  artificial  means. 
How  popular  it  is  destined  to  become  is  fairly 
indicated  by  what  the  pioneer  users  of  tliis 
method  have  to  say  in  the  sample  reports  herewith^ 
on  pages  94,  95  and  96.  Note  that  these  reports  are 
from  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  also  from  Canada. 

TWO  IMPORTANT  REQUIREMENTS 

In  devising  and  improving  the  electrical  incuba- 
(ing  and  brooding  apparatus  olifered  for  sale  by  this 
Company,  particular  attention  has  been  paid  to  two 
important  requirements: — 

FIRST — These  de\'ices  operate  successfully  by 
the  use  of  the  electric  lighting  current  obtainable 
from  an  ordinary  incandescent  light  fixture  in  any 
residence,  office  building  or  other  structure  that  is 
equipped  for  electric  lighting  or  with  electric  power, 
and  where  current  is  supplied  twenty-four  hours  of 
every  day,  Sundays  included,  during  the  hatching 
season  of  the  year. 

SECOND— A\l  electrical  devices  offered  for  sale  by 
this  Company  are  built  in  strict  conformity  with 
the  "National  Electric  Code"  of  the  Underwriters 


National  Electric  Association  and  are  inspected  and 
labeled  by  the  Underwriters  Laboratories  {Inc.,) 

under  the  direction  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire 
Underwriters. 

These  incubating  and  brooding  devices  can  be 
used,  therefore,  in  any  building,  no  matter  how 
valuable,  without  objection  on  the  part  of  the  fire 
insurance  companies,  when  properly  installed. 

The  advantages  of  the  use  of  electricity  for  incu- 
bating and  brooding  purposes  are  many.  Briefly, 
they  are:  Economy  in  use,  labor  included;  conven- 
ience in  location  of  incubator;  absence  of  fumes  and 
gases;  perfect  distribution  of  heat  in  the  egg  chamber; 
simplicity  and  accuracy  of  regulation. 

COST  OF  OPERATION 

Tests  have  demonstrated  that  it  costs  about  one 
half  more  to  operate  an  incubator  of  any  given  size 
by  -electricity,  at  the  average  rates  for  current,  than 
it  does  by  the  use  of  kerosene  oil, — when  no  account 
is  taken  of  the  labor  saved.  The  actual  cost  varies 
from  50  cents  to  80  cents  per  hatch  for  the  No.  1 
Electrobator  holding  five  dozen  eggs,  and  from  60 
cents  to  90  cents  for  the  No.  2  Electrobator  holding 
ten  dozen  hen  eggs — see  reports  of  users,  pages  94-96. 

An  electrically  heated  incubator,  being  entirely 
free  from  odor  and  gases,  can  be  operated  in  a  living 

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ELECTROBATOR      {Regtstered  Trade  Mark  ) 

No  1— Capacity  60  Eggs 

Fig.    !. — An  Electrically    Heated    and    Regulated    Incubator 

designed  expressly  for  poultry  keepers  who  require  small  hatching 

capacity.    Fire-Proofed  and  bears  Fire   Underwriters   "  Inspected 

Incubator"  label.     See  price  list,  page  93. 


HATCHING  CHICKENS  BY  ELECTRICITY 


room  where  the  temperature  averages  above  70  degrees 
and  therefore  comparatively  little  electric  heat  (or 
current)  is  required  to  create  and  maintain  a  hatching 
temperature  of  103  degrees  in  the  well-insulated  egg 
chamber. 

When  electricity  is  used  the  labor  item  is  prac- 
tically nothing.  There  is  no  lamp  to  be  cleaned 
and  filled,  no  wick  to  be  trimmed,  no  dirt,  no  waste, 
and  the  machine  can  be  located  where  it  will  be  the 
most  convenient  for  the  caretaker. 

An  electrically  operated  incubator  or  brooder 
has  another  advantage  over  a  lamp-heated  machine. 
We  refer  to  the  fact  that  in  the  electric  incubator 
the  heat  (or  current)  is  "cut  out"  as  soon  as  the  tem- 
perature in  the  egg  chamber  reaches  103  degrees,  and 
thereupon  all  expense  stops  instantly,  whereas  when 
the  regulator  on  a  lamp  machine  opens  the  damper 
above  the  lamp  flame,  the  consumption  of  oil  continues, 
the  surplus  heat  being  discharged  into  the  apartment 
in  which  the  machine  is  located. 

CURRENT  SHUT  OFF 

Persons  who  read  these  lines  may  ask,  "What 
about  accidents  to  electric  power  plants,  shut-downs 
for  repairs,  etc.?"  Little  anxiety  need  be  felt  on 
this  score.  In  the  first  place,  a  shut-down  or  "ab- 
sence" of  current  during  a  period  of  one  to  ten  hours 
will  not  harmfully  affect  the  hatching  of  chicks  and 
ducklings  by  use  of  the  electric  devices  here  described. 
We  make  this  statement  oh  the  basis  of  repeated 
tests,  ranging  from  one  to  twelve  hours. 

In  the  second  place,  comparatively  few  shut- 
downs now  occur  from  any  cause  in  operating  electric 
light  and  power  plants,  and  those  that  do  occur  seldom 
last  more  than  thirty  to  sixty  minutes.  If  in  any 
doubt  on  this  point,  consult  the  management  of  your 
home-town  electric  light  plant.  In  cities  these  shut- 
downs are  now  decidedly  infrequent.  Buildings  that  re- 
ly upon  electricity  for  light  cannot  be  left  in  darkness  for 
any  considerable  length  of  time — nor  are  they. 


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•ELECTROBATOR"   {Registered  Trade-Mark.) 
No.  2— Capacity  ISO  Eggs. 


"THE  ELECTROHEN"  (.Trade- Name.) 

Fig.  3. — An  Oval  Glass.  Electric  Hatching  Device  used 
for  Advertising  and  Educational  Purposes — For  Advertising 
Purposes  in  Store  Windows,  at  Poultry  Shows,  etc. :  for  Educa- 
tional Purposes  in  College  and  High  School  Laboratories,  in 
Classrooms  and  Kindergartens  for  Nature  Study,  etc.  Each 
device  bears  Fire  Under%vriters'  "Inspected  Incubator"  label. 
Price  list,  page  93. 

ELECTROPLANES 

"Electroplane"  is  our  trade  name  for  an  asbestos 
board,  metal-bound,  electrically  heated  and  regulated 
diaphragm,  designed  for  use  in  the  upper  part  of  the 
egg  chamber,  either  in  an  Electrobator,  our  registered 
trade-mark  name  for  an  electric  incubator,  or  in  an 
ordinary  lamp  machine  such  as  the  No.  0  and  No.  1 
Standard  Incubators,  or  in  the  Electrohover,  our  elec- 
tric brooding  device.  Fig.  4  shows  an  Electroplane, 
equipped  with  an  electric  thermostat  invented  by  us 
expressly  for  this  use. 

Fig.  5  shows  the  method  by  which  an  oil-heated 
Standard  Cyphers  Incubator  can  be  readily  con- 
verted into  an  electrically  heated  and  regulated 
machine — the  owner  quickly  and  easily'  making  the 
alterations.  Numerous  customers  have  made  this 
change  and  we  have  not  received  a  single  report  of 
failure.  As  a  rule,  excellent  hatches  have  been 
obtain 

ELECTROBATORS— TWO  SIZES 

"Electrobator"  is  our  registered  trade  name 
for  an  electric  incubator,  built  in  two  sizes,  designed 
for  the  use  of  poultry  raisers  who  reside  in  cities  or 
villages  where  ordinary  electirc  lighting  current  is 
obtainable,  and  who  do  not  require  large  hatching 
capacity.  The  No.  1  Electrobator  holds  five  dozen 
(60)  eggs,  and  the  No.  2  size  holds  ten  dozen  (120) 
eggs.  Both  sizes  have  wooden  cases  built  of  quarter- 
sawed  oak  with  mission  finish,  which  gives  them 
an  appearance  as  attractive  as  a  music  box. 

To  use  an  Electrobator,  the  operator  has  but  to 
unscrew  a  glass  bulb  from  an  incandescent  light 
fixture  in  any  house,  office  building  or  store,  and 
then  screw  the  loose  end  of  the  cord  to  the  fixture  in 
place  of  the  glass  bulb.       Nothing  could  be  simpler. 


HATCHING     CHICKENS     BY     ELECTRICITY 


THE      ELECTROPLANE      (Trade  Name  ) 
Fig.  4.— An  Electric,  Self-regulatmg,  Non-mflammable,  Fire-proof  Heater  for 
!  in  Standard  Cyphers  No.  0.  No.  1  and'No.  2  Incubators.     Each  Electroplane, 
'  Inspected  Incubator  "  label  of  Fire  Insurance 


Inasmuch  as  no  odor,  gas  or  dirt  of  any  kind  attaches 
to  the  use  of  an  Electrobator  it  can  be  operated  and 
will  do  satisfactory  work  in  living  apartments  where 
the  owner  of  a  lamp  machine  would  not  find  it  desir- 
able to  run  an  incubator  heated  by  kerosene  oil. 

The  Electrobator  is  as  odorless  and  as  free  from 
dirt  in  all  respects  as  an  ordinary  electric  light  fixture 
and  is  practically  as  easy  to  use.  The  operator 
merely  turns  the  button  of  an  ordinary  electric  light 
fixture  and  "the  silent  current  does  the  rest."  The 
heat  distribution  is  very  equal,  regulation  is  auto- 
matic and  high  percentage  hatches  of  large,  strong 
and  vigorous  chicks  are  the  result. 

ELECTROHOVER 

(Adaptable) 

This  device  is  shown  to  ad\'antage  in  Fig.  7,  on 
page  94.  Its  use  is  to  take  care  of  the  chicks  and 
ducklings  after  they  are  hatched.  This  hover  is 
adaptable  to  almost  any  location.  It  can  be  inserted 
in  an  ordinary  brooder,  either  indoor  or  outdoor,  or 
can  be  used  independently.  Is  fire-proof  throughout 
and  bears  the  official  inspection  label  of  the 
associated  fire  insurance  companies. 

We  also  furnish  a  wooden  case  similar  to  the 
Style  D  Oil-Heated  Brooder  (see  Fig.  6,  page  94)  to 
customers  who  desire  to  operate  the  hover  in  a  room 
not  supplied  with  auxiliary  heat. 

ELECTROHEN,  OR  GLASS  GLOBE 
INCUBATOR 

"Electrohen"  is  our  trade  name  for  a  unique 
and  artistic  oval  glass  electric  hatching  device  that  is 
used  for  advertising  and  educational  purposes — 
for  advertising  purposes  at  poultry  shows,  in  store 
windows,  etc.;  for  educational  purposes  in  college 
and  high  school  laboratories,  in  class  rooms  and  kinder- 
gartens for  Nature  study,  etc. 

As  is  the  case  with  an  Electrobator — also  with 
Standard  Cyphers  lamp  machines  of  the  ordinary  type 
that  have  been  equipped  with  Electroplanes — this 
attractive  novelty,  the  Electrohen,  is  readily  con- 
nected to  any  electric  lighting  circuit,  either 
alternating  or  direct  current,  of  104  or  110  volts,  by 
use  of  the  flexible  cord  and  screw  plug,  which  we 
furnish  with  every  device.  It  is  only  necessary  to  "turn 
the  button"  and  sufficient  heat  will  be  provided  in  the 
Electrohen  for  hatching  and  brooding  the  chicks 
at   the    same  time  in  the  one  machine. 

The    Electrohen,  like  the  other  electrical   apparatus 
here  described,  is  entirely  free  from  odors,  escaping  gas 


and  an  i  1 1 


or  other  offensive  elements,  hence  can  be 
introduced  into  the  handsomely  furnished 
and  electrically  equipped  homes  or  offices 
of  fastidious  persons,  including  professional 
or  business  men,  also  into  schoolrooms  or 
laboratories  without  inconvenience  or 
disagreeable  effects. 


PRICES 

Each  incubator  or  brooder  is  shipped 
complete,  ready  for  immediate  use,  equip- 
ped with  new  style  thermostat,  special 
thermometer,  necessary  plugs  and  fix- 
tures, ten  feet  of  reinforced  flexible  cord, 
St  rated  circular  of  directions  for 
installation  and   use;    boxed    securely    for    shipment. 

ELECTROPLANE,  No.  0  size,  dimensions 
14  x  1-2%  inches;  for  use  in  Cyphers  No.  0  Oil 

Incubator;    weight,  IS  lbs $  8.00 

ELECTROPLANE,  No.  1  size,  dimensions 
23  x  14J^  inches;  for  use  in  Cyphers   No.    1 

Oil   Incubator;    weight,    20   lbs 10.00 

ELECTROPLANE,  No.  2  size,  12^  x  28 
inches;  for  use  in  Cyphers  No.  2  Oil  Incubator; 

weight,  30  pounds  complete,  per  pair 

ELECTROBATOR,    No.  1  size,   60 -Egg 

Capacity;  weight,  40  lbs 

ELECTROBATOR,  No.  2  size,    120-Egg 

Capacity;  weight,  65  lbs 20.00 

ELECTROHOVER,  ADAPTABLE, 
dimensions,  21  inches  in  diameter,  9J^  inches 

in  height;  weight,  30  lbs 10.00 

ELECTRIC  BROODER,  complete,  with 
Electrohover  and  Wooden  Case;  weight,  60  lbs.     14.00 

ELECTROHEN,  or  Glass  Globe  Incuba- 
tor; weight,  65  lbs 25.00 


18.00 


16.00 


IN  POSITION. 
-Shows  Outline  Drawing  of  No.  1  Standard  Cyphers 
Incubator  of  lamp-heated  type  converted  into  an  Electric  Incu- 
bator by  substituting  an  "Electroplane"  for  removable  top  di^i- 
phragra  and  attaching  outer  end  of  10-foot  flexible  cord  to  ordinary 
electric  light  lamp  socket.  Scores  of  these  Electroplanes  have  been 
put  to  this  use  and  are  giving  complete  satisfaction. 


Sample  Reports— Electrical  Incubators  and  Brooders 


"  PERCENTAGES  PERFECTLY  SATISFACTORY  " 

ELECTRIC  POULTRY  PLANT 

Breeders  of  Single  and  Rose  Comb  Rhode  Island  Reds  and  Single 

Comb  Black  and  White  Orpingtons 

All  Stock  Hatched  In  Electric  Incubators 

Winners  Highest  Awards  Virginia  State  Fair  and  Virginia  Poultry 

Exhibit,  1909  and  1910 

Barton  Heights,  Va.,  August  29,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubalor  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

We  have  been  using  your  Electric  Incubators  (the  Electro- 
bators)  for  two  years,  hatching  many  fine  chicks  in  them. 
We  first  started  with  your  60-egg  machine,  in  order  that  we  might 
make  a  test  of  its  ability  to  hatch.  After  using  same  for  some 
time  we  decided  to  put  in  two  of  your  120-egg  Electrobators, 
so  much  pleased  were  we  with  the  results. 

We  have  found  these  Electrobators  to  be  of  little  or  no  trouble, 
as  they  are  practically  self-regulating.  The  percentage  of 
chicks  hatched  from  fertile  eggs  has  been  perfectly  satis- 
factory and  we  have  no  hesitancy  in  recommending  them  to  any 
one  desiring  a  first-class  incubator.  «- 

Several  of  your  Electrobators  have  been  sold  in  this  city  on 
the  strength  of  our  recommendation  and  in  every  ca»e  they 
have  met  the  requirements  of  those  purchasing. 

The  chickens  hatched  in  our  Electrobators  have  proved 
to  be  as  healthy  as  any  we  have  raised  by  hens — in  fact. 
we  consider  the  incubator  chicks  superior  to  those  hatched  by 
hens.  We  took  first  prize  at  the  Virginia  State  Poultry  Associa- 
tion on  birds  hatched  in  our  electric  incubators. 

ELECTRIC  POULTRY  PLANT, 

G.  B.  Mountcastle,  Prop. 


"  MUCH  BETTER  THAN  WITH  HENS  " 

Lincoln,  Neb.,  July  8,  191!. 
Cyphers  Incubalor  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  I'.— 

I  have  been  breeding  and  exhibiting  Barred  Plymouth  Rocks 
for  thirty  years  and  in  that  time  I  have  used  many  different 
kinds  of  incubators,  but  have  never  had  any  that  could  com- 
pare with  the  Cyphers  Electrobator  that  I  bought  of  you  last 
winter.  The  only  place  in  which  I  had  electric  current  was  in 
an  old  shop  in  which  the  temperature  varied  from  40  to  60  degrees 
and  at  times  went  below  zero.  In  spite  of  this  and  other  un- 
favorable conditions  I  had  excellent  hatches,  much  better  than 
with  hens.  Once  I  was  away  from  home  on  an  important  errand 
tor  two  days,  locked  up  the  place  and  left  no  one  to  look  after  the 
machine,  but  when  I  returned  I  found  it  running  as  nicely  as 
when  I  left  it. 

The  Chicks  hatched  in  your  Electrobator  are  strong  and 
plump  and  I  have  noticed  particularly  the  absence  of  cripples. 
Next  season  I  am  going  to  have  one  of  your  Electric  Brooders. 
I  am  delighted  with  my  Electric  Incubator  and  in  future  wilt 
use  no  other,  if  I  can  get  electric  current. 

Yours  respectfully,         F.  C.  HINMAN,  M.  D. 


brooder. 


ELECTROHOVER— ADAPTABLE. 
Fig.  VII.— An  Electrically  Heated,  Non-Combustible,  Self- 
Regulating  Brooding  Device  for  use  in  any  make 
either  Indoor  or  Outdoor,  that  is  sufficiently  large  ' 
date  a  Hover  twenty-one  inches  in  diameter  and  ten  inches  in 
height.  Is  fire-proofed  and  each  Hover  bears  Fire  Underwriters* 
"Inspected  Brooder"  label.  Also  used  separately  in  any  moder- 
ately warm  apartment. 

"  ALL  CHICKS  LARGE  AND  STRONG  " 

Ambler,  Pa.,  August  2,  1910, 
Cyphers  Incubalor  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

We  are  delighted  with  tlie  120-egg  Cyphers  Electrobator. 
Have  gotten  as  high  as  90  per  cent,  of  the  fertile  eggs — all  chicks 
being  large  and  strong. 

The  Electrobator  bears  the  same  relation  to  the  oil  heated 
incubator  that  electric  lights  do  to  the  oil  lampsi  That  expresses 
our  opinion  of  your  electric  hatcher. 

As  near  as  we  can  estimate  the  cost  for  current,  it  was  in  the 
This 
oil,   but  considering  all  thing 
believe  the  cost  is  less. 

We  turned  the  eggs  twice  daily  and  cooled  them  once  a  day. 
but  paid  no  further  attention  to  the  machine.  We  have 
an  elegant  lot  of  BufT  Orpingtons  as  a  result  of  our  test  of  your 
Electrobator.  With  us  oil  incubators  in  future  will  be  relics 
of  the  past — so  long  as  we  have  access  to  an  electric  current. 
W.  F.  PATTERSON. 

OPERATED  IN  BUTLER'S  PANTRY 

Beloit,  Kansas,  August  6,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubalor  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  used  your  Electric  Incubator  last  season  and  was  highly 
pleased  with  it.  The  automatic  arrangement  for  regulating 
the  heat  is  perfect.  The  freedom  from  smoke  and  dirt  inci- 
dental to  the  use  of  oil  lamps  in  the  old  style  incubator,  together 
with  the  absolute  protection  from  fire  risk,  makes  the  electric 
system  a  perfect  one  for  the  hatching  of  chickens.  I  placed  my 
Cyphers  Electrobator  in   the  butler's  pantry  and  the  care  for 


MRS.  R.  M.  ANDERSON,  909  North  Mill  St. 


Cyphe, 


ELECTRIC   BROODER,  COMPLETE. 
Fig.  VI. — Shows  Hover  in   Brooder  Case  for  ust 
that  newly-hatched  chicks  can   be  kept  with  safety. 
on  page  93. 


"  RAISED  BETTER  THAN  90  PER  CENT." 

WHITE  VILLAGE  POULTRY  RANCH 

Boise.  Idaho,  July  11,  1911. 
Incubalor  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  I'.— 

This  spring  I  completed  my  Incubator  cellar  and  brooder 
house,  equipped  for  brooding  exclusively  with  electricity 
and  shall  use  from  five  to  fifteen  Cj-phers  Electric  Hovers  this 
season.  I  used  one  of  your  Electric  Hovers  all  last  season  and 
nothing  else  will  suit  me  in  future  but  electricity  for  brooding- 

On  December  1st  last,  I  put  140  chicks  into  the  Cyphers 
Company  Electric  Hover  and  owing  to  a  wide-open  cellar,  which 
was  just  the  same  as  hatching  out-of-doors,  the  hatch  was  late 
in  coming  off,  therefore  some  of  them  were  weaklings. 

In  spite  of  this  fact,  I  raised  better  than  90  per  cent,  of  the 
chicks  with  the  Electric  Hover.  If  I  had  brooded  bj-  any  other 
method  I  would  not  have  raised  30  per  cent,  of  them.  My  expense 
f6r  brooding  in  mid-winter  (December)  was  less  than  one  cent 
per  chick  per  day. 

Have  not  hatched  by  electricity  thus  far,  but  expect  to  do  so. 
Please  send  me  some  literature  on  this  subject. 

Respectfully,  JAS.  A.  WHITMORE. 


SAMPLE   REPORTS  — ELECTRICAL   IlvJCUBATORS  AND   BROODERS 

"WONDERFUL  SUCCESS   WITH  YOUR   ELECTROBATORS " 

CHARLES  R.  HUNTLEV,  President  &  Gen'I  Manager  HiIpjr4Tn  rtriMFPAT    vi  B-nxuir-  r-rM>iT,AMi, 

GEORGE  URBAN,  Jr.,  1st  Vice  President  BUFFALO  GENERAL  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 

DANIEL  T.  NASH,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  ' 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  October  18,  1909. 

You  may  remember  that  at  the  close  of  the  Buffalo  Industrial  Exposition  which  was  held  during  the  week  ending  December  19,  1908, 
I  got  from  you  some  White  Leghorn  chicks  that  you  had  hatched  in  your  Electrobator  which  was  on  exhibition  there.  I  saved  nine  pullets 
and  a  cockerel,  and  raised  them  in  one  of  your  Style  C  Brooders.  They  have  done  so  well  that  I  feel  sure  you  will  be  interested  in  knowing 
of  the  record  they  have  made. 

When  they  were  three  days  less  than  five  months  old  they  began  to  lay.  That  was  on  the  14th  of  May,  and  they  have  laid  splendidly 
ever  since.  The  following  is  their  record  beginning  with  the  14th  of  May  and  ending  with  the  30th  of  September,  1909:  14th  May  to 
31st  May,  35  eggs;  June  1st  to  30th,  140  eggs;  July  1st  to  3Ist,  181  eggs;  August  1st  to  31st,  145  eggs;  Sept.  1st  to  30th,  132  eggs.  A  total 
of  632  eggs  in  136  days  from  nine  young  pullets. 

During  the  above  period  you  will  notice  that  there  were  only  two  days  on  which  we  did  not  get  an  egg,  and  that  was  before  they  were 
fairly  started,  namely,  on  the  15th  and  21st  of  May.  From  the  14th  of  May  down  to  yesterday  these  nine  pullets  have  laid  632  eggs.  This 
speaks  well  indeed  for  the  egg-laying  qualities  of  the  birds  from  your  farm. 

/  have  had  wonderful  success  in  hatching  eggs  in  your  Electrobators,  of  which  t  have  had  three  in  operation.  The  hatches 
have  ranged  from  85  per  cent,  to  92  per  cent,  of  the  eggs,  and  the  chicks  generally  come  out  early,  the  hatch  being  complete 
by  the  21st  day  of  incubation;  and  the  chicks  are  always  very  strong  and  active. 

You  will  be  further  interested  in  knowing  that  on  the  2nd  day  of  July  we  hatched  our  first  chicks  from  eggs  laid  by  these  nine  pullets 
and  it  is  my  opinion  that  it  will  not  be  long  before  these  newly  hatched  chicks  will  be  laying.  I  am  certain  they  will  lay  within  a  year 
from  the  time  their  parents  were  hatched.  This  will  give  me  two  generations,  both  laying  within  twelve  months.  I  am  sending  you  a 
photograph  of  the  nine  original  pullets,  now  mothers;  also  a  photograph  of  the 
taken  on  the  I4th  .of  August. 

I  can  not  speak  too  highly  of  the  stock  from  your  poultry  farm,  and  the  Elec- 
trobators and  Brooders  you  manufacture.  They  excel  anything  I  have  used 
during  the  many  years  I  have  bred  poultry  for  pleasure — and  not  without  profit. 

Yours  respectfully, 


chicks,  their  daughters.     These  photographs  were 


Cypher 


"NEVER   HATCHED  CHICKS   THAT  WERE   STRONGER" 

Champaign,  111.,  November  IS,  1911. 
:  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y .— 
It  is  with  pleasure  that  I  recommend  the  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders.     The  No.  2  Electrobator  which  I  purchased  of  you 
last  spring  gave   the   best  of  satisfaction,   requiring  no  attention  except    to   turn  the  eggs.     I  never  hatched  chicks  that  were 
stronger  or  that  grew  taster  than  those  hatched  in  your  Electrobator. 

After  having  used  a  number  of  different  brooders  with  anything  but  satisfactory  results,  it  was  with  some  doubt  as  to  what  I 
might  expect  that  I  bought  one  of  yours,  but  the  Cyphers  Self-ventilating  and  Self-regulating  Brooder  happily  surprised  me,  for  at 
no  time  throughout  the  season  was  there  a  change  of  temperature  at  night  that  the  regulator  did  not  take  care  of  to  perfection.  / 
consider  your  Incubators  and  Brooders  the  best  on  the  market  and  in  a  class  by  themselves. 

Yours  truly,  R.  W.  GAULT. 


DOMINION  OF  CANADA-DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE 

A,  G.  GILBERT,  CENTRAL  EXPERIMENTAL  FARM  VICTOR  FORTIER, 

Poultry  Manager  Poultry  Division  Ass't  Poultry  Manager 

Ottawa,  August  30,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  send  you  photographs  of  chickens  hatched  in  one  of  your  incubators  operated  by  electricity,  and  the  same  chickens  reared  in  one 
of  our  home-made  brooders  fitted  up  with  one  of  your  electric  hovers.  It  was  very  hard  to  get  the  number  of  chicks  I  would  like  to  have 
had,  because  some  would  not  come  out  of  the  brooder. 

I  also  send  you  photographs  of  chickens  hatched  and  reared  in  your  electric  fitted  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders. 
We  had  to  take  them  in  small  groups,  for  there  were  500  to  600  scattered  about  the  place  and  the  man  with  the  camera  would  insist  on 
placing  himself  where  he  liked. 

We  have  been  particularly  successful  in  hatching  chickens  by  electricity,  as  adapted  to  your  incubators  and  brooders. 
On  page  299  of  the  reports  of  the  different  experimental  farms,  you  will  find  a  paragraph  on  the  use  of  electricity  as  applied  through  your 
machines.    I  trust  this  letter  will  afford  you  as  much  gratification  as  the  use  of  your  goods  has  given  us. 

A.  G.  GILBERT,  Poultry  Manager. 


Photographic  Views  Showing  Electric-Hatched  ; 


Electric-Brooded  Chicks,  Central 

95 


Farm,  Ottawa,  Out.,  Canada. 


SAMPLE   REPORTS  — ELECTRICAL   INCUBATORS  AND  BROODERS 


South  Dakota  College  of  Agriculture 

STATE  COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  MECHANIC  ARTS 
ARTHUR  A.  BRIGHAM,  Ph.  D.,  Principal 

Brookings,  S.  D.,  November  9,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

We  have  here  one  of  your  Electrobators  and  I  ran  it  during  the  summer  school 
at  the  State  College.  It  operated  nicely  and  I  consider  it  a  very  fine  hatching 
machine.  During  the  day  time  Sundays,  when 
the  electric  current  was  off,  we  used  flat  water 
pans,  filling  them  with  hot  water  and  thus  maintained 
the  temperature  in  the  egg  chamber  with  very  little 
trouble.  Yours  ver>'  truly, 


ARTHUR  A.  BRIGHAM. 


jf^/Su^f--^^^^-^^. 


"  92  CHICKS  FROM  95  FERTILE  EGGS  " 

Huntington,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.,  April  28,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubalor  Co,,  Buffalo,  N,  Y. — 

It  gives  me  pleasure  to  inform  you  that  we  have  just  taken 
off  a  hatch  of  92  chicks  from  96  fertile  eggs  in  your  No.  2 
Electrobator.  There  was  a  steady  temperature  throughout  the 
entire  hatch  and  we  did  not  find  it  necessary  to  supply  moisture. 
Needless  to  say,  /  am  much  pleased  with  this  splendid  hatch, 
my  first  one  by  the  use  of  electricity.  J.  J.  GEOGHEGAN. 

"  SHALL  NOT  USE  ANY  OTHER  MACHINE  " 

Athens,  Ga.,  August  5,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

Want  to  say  that  your  Electric  Incubator  is  the  best  and 
easiest  operated  hatching  machine  that  I  know  of.  Through 
the  Season  I  have  averaged  about  85  per  cent,  of  the  fertile  eggs. 
The  cost  of  operating  has  been  about  seventy-five  cents  for 
three  weeks. 

I  shall  not  use  any  other  kind  of  incubator  this  coming  season. 
I  hatched  a  few  chicks  with  hens  last  season  and  my  Electrobator 
chicks  were  fully  as  strong  and  vigorous  as  those  hatched 
by  the  hens;  in  fact,  you  could  not  tell  the  difference  today, 
R.  E.  BRODBERRY. 

RESULT  IN  FAVOR  OF  ELECTROBATOR 

Danville,  Va.,  July  13,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y, — 

I  have  been  operating  one  of  your  No.  2  Electrobators  and 
being  somewhat  skeptical  at  the  outset  of  what  these  machines 
were  capable  of  doing,  /  was  greatly  surprised  at  the  results. 

Your  Electrobator  has  hatched  for  me  practically  every 
hafcchable  egg,  averaging  between  80  and  90  per  cent,  and  one-half 
of  the  eggs  incubated  had  been  shipped  hundreds  of  miles. 

To  fuHher  test  its  qualities  I  set  hens  with  eggs  from  the 
same  lot  placed  in  the  machine  and  the  result  was  in  favor  of 
the  Electrobator.  Have  had  no  trouble  at  all  in  keeping  the 
temperature   at   the   required    point. 

The  little  chicks  to  all  appearances  are  as  strong  or  stronger 
than  hen-hatched  ones  and  are  as  lively  as  crickets — none  dying 
by  disease,  only  a  few  through  accidents.  Prospects  are  bright 
for  some  fine  Rhode  Island  Reds  for  my  breeding  pens  this  fall. 

P.  P.  PATTESON. 
Breeder  of  Rhode  Island  Reds,  "The  Red  Kind." 


"  76  FINE  LIVELY  CHICKS  " 

Paris,  Tenn.,  April  15,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co,,  Buffalo,  N.  Y .— 

Was  waiting  for  a  hatch  in  one  of  your  Electric  machines 
before  writing  you.  Your  Electrobator  is  a  success!  Mr. 
Dumas,  this  morning,  took  76  fine  lively  chicks  from  our  No.  2 
Electrobator,  one  day  ahead  of  time.  We  shall  want  more  of 
these  machines  for  early  fall  delivery. 

J.  W.  BLANTON  &  CO. 

"  NEVER  HAD  SO  MUCH  COMFORT  AND  SUCCESS  " 

White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  October  15,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubalor  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

The  past  season  I  hatched  in  your  Electrobators  about  six 
hundred  strong,  healthy  chicks — every  hatchable  egg — not 
one  deformed  chick  in  the  lot.  The  ease  and  simpUcity  with 
which  these  machines  are  operated  makes  them,  in  my  estimation. 
the  best  incubator  that  has  ever  been  put  on  the  market. 
I  have  never  had  so  much  comfort  and  success  in  hatching  as  I 
have  since  I  began  using  your  Electrobators  and  while  all  around 
me  the  general  complaint  is  "poor  hatches,"  the  friends  who  come 
to  see  my  chickens  say  '''How  do  you  do  it?"  Remember  /  am 
in  my  eightieth  year  and  still  working.  In  future  shall  use 
nothing  but  Cyphers  Electric  machines  for  hatching. 

CHAS.  J.  QUINSY. 


"  I  NOW  HAVE  FORTY  PULLETS  " 

Glen  Cove,  N.  Y.,  August  10,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

In  reference  to  your  Electric  Incubator.  I  msh  to  advise  you 
that  I  purchased  a  No.  2,  120-egg  Electrobator  last  February  and 
started  a  hatch  March  1st  with  110  eggs,  which  tested  down 
to  80  that  appeared  to  be  fertile.  From  the  eggs  left  in  the  machine 
I  obtained  68  fine  chicks  at  a  cost  of  90  cents  for  electricity. 

I  ran  this  machine  three  times  last  spring  and  on  no  hatch 
was  my  cost  more  than  90  cents.  I  had  just  as  good  luck  in 
the  other  hatches  as  I  did  on  my  first.  My  chicks  all  lived 
excepting  four  and  their  loss  was  no  fault  of  the  machine. 

Out  of  my  first  hatch  /  now  have  forty  pullets  that  should 
be  laying  within  the  ne-xt  two  or  three  weeks.  I  very  much  favor 
the  electric  incubator  for  several  reasons,  the  chief  one  being  the 
small  amount  of  labor  in  operating  it,  also  in  doing  away 
with  the  smell  and  danger  of  oil  and  the  small  cost  of  bringing  off 
the  hatch.  /  can  honestly  recommend  your  Electrobator  to 
all  poultrymen  who  are  situated  so  that  they  can  get  electric 
H.  W.  VALENTINE. 


F.  C.  ELFORD. 


MacDonald    College 

STE.  ANNE  DE  BELLEVUE,  QUE. 

POULTRY    DEPARTMENT 
F.  C.  ELFORD,  Manager  P-  O.  MacDonald   College,  Que.,  Canada 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  No\-embcr  8,  1910. 

We  have  used  your  Electrobator  and  Electric  Hover  here  for  the  last  tu-Q  seasons 
and  for  poultrymen  having  a  constant  supply  of  electricity  they  should  prove  highly 
satisfactory.     The   Electric   Hover  will   rear  chicks   equal    to  any   hover  we  have 
used.      To    get    the    best    results    out    of    the 
Electrobator     we     supply    a     little     moisture. 
Both  of  these  devices  are  easily  handled, 
neat  in  use  and  could  be   operated    in   a 
parlor,  if  necessary. 

Very  truly  yours,  d    Mgr.  Poultry  Dept. 

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f^^--  TRAD£  and  for  use  on  egg  farms,  DUCK  RANCHES, 

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CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY,  for  fifteen 
years  a  pioneer  in  the  development  of  improved 
methods  of  artificial  incubation,  began  its 
experiments  in  the  construction  and  operation  of 
duplicate  compartment,  or  so-called  Mammoth  Incu- 
bators, twelve  years  ago.  During  the  last  eight 
years  these  experiments  have  been  carried  on  every 
season  without  interruption — and  with  gratifying 
results. 

Six  years  ago  we  installed  our  first  permanent 
Mammoth  machine  on  the  Cyphers  Company's  fifty- 
acre  Poultry  Farm,  located  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  This 
machine  had  a  capacity  of  12,000  hen  eggs  and  was 
a  practical  success.  We  operated  it  experimentally 
during  two  seasons,  hatching  thousands  of  chickens 
and  ducks  in  it. 

The  first  Cyphers  Mammoth  Incubators  offered 
to  the  public  were  sold  in  1907.  These  big  machines 
were  erected  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  and  were  for  duck 
hatching.  A  38,240  egg  machine  was  installed  by 
us  for  A.-  J.  Hallock,  proprietor  of  the  Atlantic  Duck 
Farm,  Speonk,  L.  I.,  and  we  installed  an  8,250  duck- 
egg  machine  at  about  the  same  time  on  Forge  River 
Duck  Farm,  Center 
Moriches,  L.  I.,  N.  Y., 
T.  V.  Cox,  Proprietor. 

Both  of  these 
machines  did  excel- 
lent work,  the  result 
being  that  Mr.  Hal- 
lock  ordered  another 
Cyphers  Mammoth  of 
12,000  egg  capacity, 
which  we  installed  for 
him  in  the  fall  of  1908, 
and  October  1,  1910, 
we  were  given  an  order 
to  double  the  capacity 
•of  the  Cox  machine. 

Furthermore,  E. 
O.  Wilcox,  next  door 
neighbor  to  Mr.  Hal- 
lock,  watched  the  work 
of  the  Hallock  38,240 
duck-egg  machine  and 
in  the  fall  of  1909  gave 
us  an  order  to  install 
a  forty  -  compartment 
Cyphers  Mammoth  on 


his  plant,  known  as  the  Oceanic  Duck  Farm.  After 
using  this  machine  through  an  entire  season,  Mr. 
Wilcox,  under  date  of  September  12,  1910,  gave  us  an 
order  to  install  a  second  Cyphers  Mammoth  for  him, 
consisting  of  twenty-four  compartments. 
EVERY  HANDY  '^^^  Cyphers  Mammoth  today  is 
FEATURE :  ^    practically  .perfect   hatching 

machine.  In  the  first  place,  it 
was  designed,  built  and  thoroughly  tested  by  men  of 
experience;  in  the  second  place  we  carefully  studied 
the  practical,  every-day  needs  of  men  engaged  in 
all  branches  of  the  poultry  business  where  large 
hatching  capacity  is  required  and  we  are  certain, 
therefore,  that  the  1912  type  of  Cyphers  Mammoth 
Incubator  embodies  every  handy  feature  that  could 
add  to  the  efficiency,  convenience  and  durability  of 
the  machine.  For  proof  of  these  claims,  please  read 
the  sample  reports  from  customers  on  pages  100,  101 
and  102  herewith,  and  send  for  special  20-page  Mammoth 
circular  and  supplementary  testimonial  sheet,  which 
will  be  mailed  free  to  any  address  on  request. 

These  cases  set  a  good  example,  because  repeat- 
edly since  those   early  days  of   Mammoth   building 


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Lower  Tier  Were  Hatching  Wlien  Photograph  was  Taken. 


CYPHERS  MAMMOTH  INCUBATORS 


WHERE  CAN 
BE  USED : 


SINGLE  COMPARTMENT  OR  "UNIT." 
Showing  single  compartment  of  Cyphers  Mammoth  Incu- 
bator with  door  open-on  near  side  and  four  egg  trays  in  place 
readv  to  receive  eggs.  Trays  are  square  and  interchangeable. 
Same  kind  and  size  of  door  on  both  sides  of  compartment  giving 
handy  access  in  caring  for  eggs,  also  insuring  uniform  cooling  ot 
eggs. 

and  mammoth  installation  we  have  sold  the  second 
machine  to  customers  who  tried  one,  put  it  to  a  prac- 
tical test,  and  then  bought  another  Cyphers  Mammoth 
or  had  the  first  machine  enlarged.  Two  noteworthy 
sales  of  Cyphers  Mammoths  made  lately  by  us 
consist  of  a  16,800  duck-egg  capacity  machine  sold 
to  Messrs.  Weber  Bros.,  New  England's  famous  mar- 
ket duck  growers,  Wrentham,  Mass.,  annual  capacity 
100,000  ducklings,  and  a  10,400  hen-egg  machine  sold  to 
Mr.  U.  R.  Fishel,  Hope,  Ind.,  the  well-known  breeder  of 
"Best  in  the  World"  strain  of  White  Plymouth  Rocks. 
Suffice  it  to  say,  as  a  general  proposition,  that 
in  principles  of  construction  and  operation,  in  mater- 
ials, workmanship  and  finish,  the  Cyphers  Mammoth 
Incubators  are  fully  equal  to  the  small-sized,  port- 
able Cyphers  machines  that  have  been  on  the  market 
fifteen  years  and  are  now  recognized  as  "standard" 
in  all  parts  of  the  civilized  world.  The  Cyphers 
Mammoth  is  built  in  "units"  or  compartments,  each 
compartment  having  a  capacity  of  four  hundred  hen 
eggs.  There  are  four  egg  trays  to  each  compartment, 
each  tray  holding  one  hundred  eggs. 

The  Cyphers  latest  type  hot- 
water  Mammoth  Incubator  is 
shipped  knock-down,  thus  ob- 
taining low  freight  rates  to  all  points.  Where 
machines  are  to  be  shipped  long  distances  this  saving 
is  important.  Blue-prints  and  photographs  are  fur- 
nished for  use  in  setting  up  each  machine.  Any  man 
who  is  handy  with  tools  can  do  the  work.  With- 
out exception  the  parts  are  built  in  sections,  in  a 
workmanlike,  durable  manner,  using  first-class,  sub- 
stantial materials.  All  parts  can  be  put  together 
quickly  and  easily.  Every  part  is  marked  or  lettered 
showing  plainly  where  it  belongs.  The  trays  are 
dovetailed,  nailed  securely  and  the  wire  is  tacked  on. 
The  piping  can  be  quickly  and  properly  put  in  place. 
During  the  fall  of  1911  eight  of  these  Mammoths, 
ranging  in  size  from  4,000  to  16,000  eggs  in  capacity. 


ARE  SHIPPED 
KNOCK-DOWN : 


were  shipped  to  points  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  the  install- 
ing to  be  done  in  every  case  by  the  purchasers. 

These  Mammoth  Hot-water  Incu- 
bators (see  heating  system  shown  on 
next  page)  can  be  used  in  cellars  built 
for  the  purpose,  or  in  any  fairly  large  room  or 
apartment  built  above  ground,  such  as  a  poultry 
house,  store  building,  etc.  Entire  machine  can  be  taken 
down  on  short  notice  without  injury  and  moved  away. 
Every  42  inches  in  length  of  the  Cyphers  Mam- 
moth Incubator  gives  the  owner  a  capacity  of  800  hen 
eggs.  This  is  on  a  basis  of  double-tier  construction. 
A  room  10  x  40  feet  in  size  is  large  enough  for  a  machine 
of  8,000  hen-egg  capacity  and  a  room  18  x  40  feet  in 
size  is  sufficient  for  a  16,000  hen-egg  machine,  with 
plenty  of  room  between  the  sections  or  double  tiers. 
It  is  entirely  practical  to  install  this  type  of  Mammoth 
Incubator  two  tiers  high,  one  above  the  other.  The 
egg  chamber  doors  of  both  tiers  are  at  a  convenient 
height  and  machines  installed  in  this  manner  are 
easy  to  care  for  and  operate. 

A  4,000  hen-egg  machine  is  as  small 
as  we  would  recommend.  Below 
this  size  the  cost,  as  compared  with 
an  equal  capacity  of  lamp-heated  machines, 
is  in  favor  of  the  portable  oil-heated  incubators.  The 
smaller  sizes  of  the  Cyphers  Mammoth  are  equipped 
with  the  same  size  ot  hot-water  heater,  with  the  same 
high-grade  water  thermostats  and  other  regulating 
parts,  with  the  same  style  of  auxiliary  tank  and  pipe 
connections;  therefore,  the  larger  the  capacity  of  the 
machine,  the  lower  the  price  can  be  made  per  one 
thousand  eggs.  For  the  4,000  hen-egg  Cyphers 
Mammoth  we  charge  $500;  for  a  5,600  hen-egg  machine, 
$650,  F.  O.  B.  factory,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  For  each 
additional  l.OCO  egg  capacity,  up  to  10,000  hen  eggs, 
add  $100.  From  10,000  to  16,000  hen-egg  capacity, 
add  $90  per  1,000  egg  capacity.  The  price  in  every 
case  includes  all  parts  complete,  also  thermome- 
ters, etc.,  and  detailed  blue-prints  and  directions  for 
setting  up  and  operating. 


LARGE  SIZES 
COST  LESS : 


TRAY  ELEVATING  DEVICE— CYPHERS  MAMMOTH. 
,'ing  four  Egg  Trays  located  on  Tray  Elevating  Frame  • 


capacity  ot  100  hen  eggs. 


CYPHERS  MAMMOTH  INCUBATORS 


At  the  present  time  a  large  majority  of  the  men 
and  women  engaged  in  the  day-old  chick  trade  are 
using  small  portable  incubators,  and  the  same  is 
true  of  most  of  the  duck  ranches  and  other  big  prac- 
tical plants.  If  a  capacity  of  less  than  4,000  eggs  is 
desired,  or  if  you  wish  to  begin  on  a  modest  basis  and 
test  out  the  work  as  you  go  along,  we  would  advise 
that  you  use  the  Standard  lamp-heated  Cyphers 
Incubators  of  244  or  390  hen-egg  capacity  and  buy 
as  few  or  as  many  of  them  as  you  need. 

In  other  words,  there  is  a  place  in  the  rapidly 
growing  poultry  industry  for  the  Mammoth  Incuba- 
tor, also  for  the  small-sized  portable  machines.  It 
is  for  you,  reader,  to  decide  which  of  the  two  is  better 
suited  to  your  conditions  and  will  serve  your  interests 
to  special  advantage.  In  either  case,  if  you  entrust 
your  order  to  us  we  hereby  agree  to  co-operate 


CIRCULAR ; 


with  you  in  the  work  and  to  give  your  commands 
the  prompt  and  careful  attention  to  which  you  will 
be  entitled  as  a  valued  customer  of  ours. 
SPECIAL  20-PAGE      headers  of  this  catalogue 
MAMMOTH  "^^'^    think    favorably    of 

installing  a  Mammot  h 
Incubator  are  asked 
to  write  for  our  20-page  (9  x  11-inch)  special  cir- 
cular which  fully  illustrates  and  describes  the 
Cyphers  Mammoth  Incubators;  contains  num- 
erous pictures  of  these  incubators  in  successful 
operation  in  widely  separated  parts  of  the  coun- 
try, reports  from  numerous  operators,  and  gives 
price  list,  floor  space  required,  etc.,  for  Cyphers 
Mammoths  ranging  from  4,000  to  16,000  hen-egg 
capacity.  CIRCULAR  WILL  BE  SENT  FREE 
TO  ANY  ADDRESS  ON  REQUEST. 


HEATING  SYSTEM 
CYPHERS  MAMMOTH 
INCUBATOR. 
(Patent  Applied  For.) 
Picture  shows  the 
Heater  in  pit  and  the  pipes 
leading  to  auxiliary  and 
expansion  tanks.  Also 
shows  _  twelve  radiating 
pipes  in  each  tier  of  a 
double-tier  Mammoth 
machine  with  Regulating 
Device  above  auxiliary 
tank.  Light  lines  show 
wall  of  heater  pit,  wood- 
work of  incubator  com- 
partments, etc. 


Sample  Reports — Cyphers  Mammoth  Incubators 


Quality  Baby  Chicks 


THE   MIDLOTHIAN   POULTRY   FARMS 

JOHN  G.  POORMAN.  Manager 


for  Hatching 
White  Plymouth  Rocks 
Barred   Plymouth   Rocks 
White  Wyandottes 
S.  C.  W.  Leghorns 


Cyphers  Incubator  Company ,  Buff alo ,  N.  Y.—  Tinley  Park,  111.,  July  12,  1911. 

At  the  close  of  our  second  year  of  operating  a  6,000-egg  Cyphers  Company  Mammoth  Incubator  we  find 
that  our  increasing  business  in  baby  chicks  demands  a  larger  incubator  capacity. 

We  have  just  taken  off  a  4-compartment  hatch  of  1,624  chicks  from  a  total  of  1,998  eggs  set.  Our  eggs 
have  been  running  about  75  per  cent. .  fertile,  therefore  the  record  shows  that  we  have  hatched  practically 
every  fertile  egg. 

Next  week  the  carpenters  will  begin  to  increase  our  incubator  house  to  double  its  present  size  and  we 
herewith  enclose  our  order  for  a  second  Cyphers  Mammoth  to  consist  of  30  sections,  of  500  hen-eggs  each 
(15,000-egg  capacity,)  to  be  delivered  October  1,  1911.  JOHN  G.  POORMAN,  Mgr. 


"UNHESITATINGLY    RECOM- 
MEND  IT" 

Moriches,  L.  1.,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  9,  1911. 
-Cyphers  Incubator  Co. .Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 
I  take  great  pleasure  in  reporting 
my  experience  with  the  Mammoth  Incu- 
bator. On  account  of  simplicity  of 
construction  any  person  of  ordinary 
intelligence  can  run  it,  and  it  requires 
much  less  labor  and  attention  than  I 
formerly  was  compelled  to  give  tothe 
incubating  process.  I  find  there  is  a' 
saving  of  about  60  per  cent,  in  fuel. 
The  hatches  have  been  wonderfully 
good — about  90  per  cent,  of  the  fertile 
eggs  coming  out,  producing  strong, 
healthy  chicks  full  of  vitality.  I 
am  thoroughly  pleased  with  my  Cyphers 
Mammoth  and  unhesitatingly 
5,00O-Egg  Capacity  Cyphers  Mammoth  Incubator  (From  Photograph)  In  Use  Two  Years  recommend  it  tO  every  poultryman. 
On  The  Midlothian  Poultry  Farms,  Tinley  Park,  111.     (Near  Chicago.)  ERNEST  LANGE. 


TRIED    ONE— BOUGHT   ANOTHER 

p.  C.  FISH 

POULTRY  YARD  AND  HATCHERY 

Baby  Chicks.  Incubators,  Large  Orders — of  Popular  Varieties 

Custom  Hatching  Baby  Chicks — Our  Specialty 

4334  Belleview       Capacity,  20.000  Eggs       Visitors  Welcome 

Kansas  City,  Mo.,  October  12,  1911. 

Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

Early  in  the  year  1910  you  installed  for  me  a 
10,220-egg  Cyphers  Mammoth.  With  this  large 
capacity  was  unable  to  take  care  of  my  rapidly  growing 
trade  in  day-old  chicks,  therefore  gave  you  an  order 
for  another  slightly  larger  Cyphers  Mammoth, 
which  you  installed  in  Februar^',  1911,  and  must  say 
that  with  your  automatic  damper  control,  large  aux- 
iliary hot-water  supply  tank,  master  compartment 
thermostatic  valve  control  of  water  flow,  and  your 
simple  device  for  raising  and  lowering  the  egg  trays 
in  each  compartment,  it  is  practically  impossible 
to  Injure  the  eggs  from  overheating  or  chilling. 
The  heat  control  in  each  compartment  is  all  that  could 
be  desired.  These  features,  combined  with  your 
scientific  moisture  and  ventilating  method,  is  what 
produces  these  large,  blocky,  healthy  chicks  in 
percentages  heretofore  unobtained  in  artificial 
incubation.  P.  C.  FISH. 


SAVES    FUEL   AND  LABOR 

CONEJO  FARMS 
A.  E.  WRIGHT,  Manager 


Fancy  Table  Poultry 
Broilers,  Roasters 
and  Fresh  Eggs 


Eggs  for  Hatching  and 

Day-Old  Chicks  Every  Month 

in  the  Year 


Huntington,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.,  July  13,  1911, 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

The  11,000-Egg  Mammoth  Incubator  you  installed 
for  us  a  year  ago  last  winter  continues  to  give  excel- 
lent satisfaction.  We  have  found  by  our  own 
experience  that  it  will  do  first-class  work  at  all  seasons 
of  the  year. 

At  the  present  time  we  are  getting  very  good 
hatches  of  large,  strong  chicks  right  along,  although 
the  thermometer  for  the  last  two  weeks,  for  example, 
has  been  from  95  to  102  degrees  in  the  shade  nearly 
every  day. 

I  have  never  had  as  good  chicks  as  those  pro- 
duced by  the  Cyphers  Mammoth  and  we  can  run  the 
big  machine  with  50  per  cent,  less  fuel,  can  save 
at  least  75  per  cent,  on  labor  and  we  get  from  three 
to  five  per  cent,  better  hatches  right  along  than  we 
do  with  lamp  machines.  A.  E.  WRIGHT,  Mgr. 


SAMPLE   REPORTS- CYPHERS   MAMMOTH    INCUBATORS 


THE  BABCOCK  POULTRY  FARM 


White  Plymouth  Rocks 
Capacity  30.000  Annually 
Custom  Hatching 
Fredonia,  N.  Y.,  October  11,  1911. 


S.  C.  White  leghorns 
Baby  Chiclts 
Eggs  for  Hatching 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.- 

After  having  operated  our  14,000-Egg  Mammoth  Incubator  for  two  complete  seasons,  we  are  glad 
to  say  that  we  are  highly  pleased  with  its  workings,  both  as  to  low  operating  expense  and  results  in 
hatching  chicks. 

As  compared  with  the  oil  machines  we  formerly  used,  we  find  that  the  cost  of  fuel  is  approximatelg 
one  quarter  of  that  used  in  incubating  an  equal  capacity  of  eggs  with  oil  lamps  and  as  near  as  we 
can  figure  it  your  Mammoth  machine  saves  over  50  per  cent,  in  labor. 

We  have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  for  the  past  seven  seasons  and  have  had  ample  time  to  find  out 
that  they  are  the  best  machines  on  the  market,  and  you  are  at  liberty  to  use  our  name  in  any  reference 
you  wish. 

The  sale  of  an  incubator  or  any  of  your  products  is  merely  the  beginning  of  a  helpful  acquaintance. 
You  are  always  willing  to   be  of    assistance,   even  though  the   sale   was   made   years    before,    and   your 
co-operation  under  such  circumstances  reflects  great  credit  upon  your  company. 

BABCOCK    POULTRY   FARM,    Frederick  M.  Babcock,  Prop. 

"THE   KIND  THAT   LIVE"  " 

INWOOD  FARMS 
N.  Y.  Branch  Store,  243  Columbus  Ave. 
All  Products  Are  Guaranteed  ot 
Finest  Quality 
Deal  Beach,  N.  J., 
August  26,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co., Buffalo,  N.  Y.- 
In  regard  to  your  inquiry  about 
the  12,000-egg  size  Cyphers  Mam- 
moth Incubator  which  you  installed 
here  at  Inwood  Farms,  would  say 
that  it  has  done  fine  work,  hatch- 
ing from  five  to  ten  per  cent,  more 
chicks    than    the    lamp     heated 
machines  (with  eggs  from  the  same 
breeding  pens,  at  same  time),  and 
the  chicks  were    big    fluffy  fel- 
lows, the  kind  that  live. 

Yours  truly, 
THOMAS  LOCKWOOD, 

r,      ,  ,       .  ,  „  Cyphers  Mammoth   Incubator,  Owned  by  the  Babcock  Poultry  Farm,  Fredonia,  N. 

Poultryman  tor  Inwood  Farms.  Capacity,  14,000  hen  eggs.     Mr.  Babcock  First  Tried  a  6,000- Egg  Cyphers 

Mammoth,    Then  Increased  to  14,000  Egg  Capacity.     See  Report. 


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"  EVERYTHING   SATISFACTORY  " 

THE  MODEL  CHICK  HATCHERY 
FRED.  H.  McCUNE,  Proprietor 
Custom  Hatching  by  the  Hundred  or  by  the  Thousand 

Ottawa,  Kan.,  May  25,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

The  20-section,  8,000-egg  Cyphers  Mammoth  Incu- 
bator you  installed  for  me  the  past  season  has  not  been 
a  disappointment  in  any  particular — hatching  as 
large  percentages  of  good,  strong  chicks  as  we  have 
obtained  with  the  small,  portable  machines  after  years 
of -experience  with  them. 

The  contract  entered  into  by  your  company  for 
installing  this  Cyphers  Mammoth  has  been  faithfully 
carried  out — in  fact  you  have  gone  "the  limit"  in 
making    everything    satisfactory. 

For  a  long  time  I  have  used  the  small-sized,  lamp- 
heated  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  with  excellent 
success,  as  ray  neighbors  and  customers  are  well  aware 
and  I  can  honestly  recommend  the  Cyphers  Mam- 
moth to  prospective  purchasers  and  any  one  coming 
hereto  visit  my  plant  and  see  the  big  machine  will  not 
be  disappointed. 

FRED  H.  McCUNE. 


"HEN  EGGS  AND  DUCK  EGGS" 

NIAGARA  POULTRY  FARM 

W.  R.  CURTISS  &  CO.,  Props. 

Market  Poultry  and  Fancy  Poultry.     Eggs  and„Stock  For  Sale 

Poultry  Supplies  and  Cut  Clover 

Capacity  of  Plant  100,000  Head  Annually 

Ransomville,  N.  Y.,  October  16,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.   Y. — 

We  have  used  one  of  your  large  Mammoth  Incu- 
bators this  last  season  with  excellent  results  on 
both  hen  eggs  and  duck  eggs.  This  machine  has 
hatched  about  five  per  cent,  better  than  the  small 
machines,  on  an  average.  The  cost  is  only  about 
one-tenth  as  much  for  fuel  and  labor,  provided  the 
poultry  raiser  wishes  to  hatch  a  large  number  of  eggs.. 
We  find  that  the  stock  hatched  from  the  Cyphers 
Mammoths  is  stronger  and  easier  to  raise  than 
chicks  and  ducklings  hatched  naturally,  or  with 
small  machines. 

We  shall  install  more  large  machines  as  fast  as 
we  have  use  for  them  and  "want  you  to  quote  us 
price  on  another  Cyphers  Mammoth. 

W.  R.  CURTISS  &  CO., 
Per  W.  J.  C. 


SAMPLE  REPORTS— CYPHERS  MAMMOTH  INCUBATORS 


L.  A.  Richards 
Rhode  Island  Green  Geese 
Geese  Feathers,  Geese  Quills,  Etc. 


C.  M.  Austin  C.  E.  Austin 

^TeSi  ^l^kr  ■  C.  M.  AUSTIN  &  CO. 

Sale  In  Season 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Mansfield,  Mass.,  July  S,  1911. 

Last  Fall  you  installed  for  us  a  Mammoth  Incubator  holding  7,200  hen  eggs,  or  5,400  duck  eggs. 
This  machine,  we  are  pleased  to  report,  has  given  complete  satisfaction — in  fact,  the  simplicity  and 
ease  with  which  it  was  operated  from  the  very  start  made  us  feel  at  once  that  we  had  not  made  a  mistake 
in  purchasing  same.  We  are  still  hatching,  and  on  June  8,  out  of  two  compartments,  holding  300 
eggs  each,  we  received  420  ducklings,  which  we  consider  excellent  for    this  time  of  the  year. 

When  the  hot  weather  broke  in  we  rather  expected  to  have  some  difficulty  in  keeping  the  heat  down,  but 
were  agreeably  surprised  to  find  that  this  was  not  the  case.  We  consider  this  feature  a  decided 
advantage  for  the  reason  that  in  warm  weather  as  high  a  temperature  is  not  required  for  duck  eggs  as 
during  the  cold  weather.  For  ease  and  efficiency  of  operation,  as  well  as  low  cost  of  labor  and  fuel, 
we  can  heartily  recommend  the  Cyphers  Mammoth    Incubators.  C.  M.  AUSTIN  &  CO. 


"FAR  BEYOND  EXPECTATIONS" 

MILLS  AND  GOLD  COMPANY 

Proprietors,  Gold-Mills  Poultry  Farms 

Lower  Preakness,  N.  J.,  July  IS,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  F.— 

Relative  to  the  Mammoth  Incu- 
bator (4,000-egg  capacity)  which  you 
installed  for  us  last  spring,  the  results 
obtained  therefrom  have  been  far 
beyond  our  expectations  and  we 
consider  it  much  superior  to  the  small 
machines. 

The  Cyphers  Mammoth  is  not 
alone  a  useful  piece  of  mechanism,  but 
is  ornamental  as  well,  and  therefore 
adds  greatly  to  the  appearance  of  our 
incubator  cellar,  which  we  took  pains 
to  construct  in  keeping  with  this 
fine  piece  of  workmanship. 

In  operating  on  a  large  scale, 
without  the  benefit  of  your  Mammoth 
Incubator,  the  cost  of  operation 
would  be  increased  considerably. 
At  the  first  opportunity  we  propose 
installing  another  Mammoth  and 
shall  be  highly  pleased  if  it  works 
as  well  as  this  one  does. 

MILLS  &  GOLD  COMPANY. 
R.  F.  D.  No.  1. 


7,200-Egg  Cyphers  Mammoth  owned  by  C.  M. 


,  &  Co.,  Mansfield,  Ma 


THE  FIRST  DUCK-EGG   MAMMOTH 
SOLD   BY   US 

ATLANTIC  FARM 

A.  J.  HALLOCK.  Proprietor,  Speonk.  L.  I. 
BROOKSIDE  FARM,  Center  Moriches,  L.  I. 

Speonk,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.,  October  29,  1909. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

The  Mammoth  Hot-Water  Incubator  that  you 
installed  for  me  in  January,  1908,  has  given  excellent 
results.  The  machine  requires  very  little  attention, 
as  regulators  on  heaters  do  the  work  satisfactorily. 

We  consider  that  we  save  over  50  per  cent,  in 
fuel  and  70  per  cent,  on  labor  in  operating,  as  com- 
pared with  the  old  style  lamp-heated  machines.  With 
the  eighty-three  old-style  lamp-heated  incubators  of 
another  make  we  formerly  used,  it  required  one  man's 
entire  attention  for  the  filling  and  trimming  of  lamps, 
regulating  the  machines  and  turning  and  cooling  the  eggs. 

We  hatched  49,000  ducks  in  the  Cyphers  Mam- 
moth Incubator  this  year  and  we  would  have  hatched 
more  if  we  had  had  enough  eggs  on  the  home  farm  to 
keep  it  filled.  ^      A.  J.  HALLOCK. 


MR.  HALLOCK  TRIED  ONE- 
ANOTHER 


THEN  ORDERED 


ATLANTIC  FARM 


Speonk,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.,  September  8,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

Three  years  ago  this  season  you  installed  a  ninety- 
six  compartment  Hot-Water  Mammoth  Incubator  on 
my  Duck  Farm  and  last  season  we  ordered  of  you 
another  Cyphers  Mammoth,  this  second  machine 
consisting  of  thirty  compartments. 

Our  ordering  the  thirty-section  Cyphers  Mam- 
moth after  using  the  ninety-six  compartment  machine 
two  seasons  is  the  best  proof  we  could  give  you  of 
our  continued  confidence  in  the  Cyphers  Mammoth. 

Our  hatches  averaged  66  per  cent,  for  the  entire 
season  of  1910  with  the  Cyphers  Mammoths,  as  shown  by 
the  records.     Our  best  monthly  average  was  74  per  cent. 

E.xperienced  duck  men  who  operate  on  a  large 
basis  will  appreciate  the  fact  that  these  are  high  hatch- 
ing averages.  -■\.  J.  HALLOCK. 


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CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY  has  in  its 
employ  a  number  of  men  who  are  competent 
to  plan,  lay  out  and  direct  the  construction 
and  equipment  of  large,  practical  poultry  plants. 
On  request  we  will  furnish  men  for  this  work,  charging 
a  reasonable  sum  per  day,  plus  their  actual  expenses. 
We  are  prepared  to  equip  large,  practical  plants 
and  to  co-operate  with  the  builder  in  obtaining 
suitable  materials  of  all  kinds  at  the  lowest  prices. 
Where  the  advice  of  our  men  is  followed  we 
guarantee  the  equipment  of  these  large  plants 
to  do  the  work  required. 

We  are  able  to  point  with  pride  to  the  fact  that 
the  poultry  plants  on  many  of  the  best  known  pri- 
vate estates  in  the  country .  have  been  constructed 
entirely  in  accordance  with  our  ideas,  and  the 
same  is  true  of  many  of  the  largest  commercial  plants, 
both  east  and  west.  On  these  plants  the  incubating 
rooms  and  brooding  houses  have  been  constructed 
exactly  in  accordance  with  our  plans.  The  numer- 
ous testimonials  received  by  us — see  back  pages  of 
this  catalogue — prove  that  our  plans  have  enabled 
Cyphers  Company  customers  to  hatch  and  raise  the 
maximum  of  strong,  healthy  chicks  at  the  mini- 
mum cost. 

It  should  be  understood  by  persons  intending 
to  enter  the  poultry  business  that  a  plant  laid  out 
especially  for  the  production  of  exhibition  fowl  is 
not  well  suited  for  breeding  market  poultry,  and 
the  reverse  also  is  true.  The  houses  should  be 
planned  differently,  located  differently  and  as  a  rule 
there  is  a  considerable  difference  in  the  cost. 
Furthermore,  houses  and  runs  that  are  well  fitted 
for  one  breed  may  not  be  the  best  adapted  to  the 
needs  of  some  other  breed  or  variety. 


During  the  past  seven  years  this  Company  has 
been  making  a  close  study  of  brooding  house  require- 
ments  on   its   own  poultry   farm   located   in    the 


Fig.  1.— Separate  Hygienic  Cradle-Back,  Cyphers  Company  Hover 

for  use  with  Hot  Water  Pipe  System  in  Brooder  Houses 

lUuatration  showa  the  rear  of  Hover,  closed. 


Fig  2  — Separate  Hygienic  Cradle-Back  Cyphers  Company  Hover. 

Illustration  shows  the  chick  runway  side  or  front    where 

chicks  pass  m  and  out. 

suburbs  of  Buffalo.  Thus  far  we  have  expended 
more  than  $50,000  in  establishing  this  farm,  our  main 
object  being  to  test  and  develop  practical  systems 
that  will  enable  our  customers  to  raise  poultry  to 
the  best  advantage. 

The  attention  of  all  interested  poultrymen  is 
directed  to  our  new  booklet  entitled,  "  Cyphers  System 
of  Hot  Water  Brooding,"  illustrated  and  described  on 
page  106,  which  gives  in  detail  the  results  of  our  sev- 
eral years'  experimental  work  in  brooding  chicks  on 
Cyphers  Company  Farm. 

HYGIENIC   BROODING  SYSTEM 

On  the  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm  we 
have  developed  a  system  of  brooding  that  we  believe 
to  be  unequalled  by  any  other  plan  that  employs 
the  circulation  of  hot  water  through  pipes  as  the 
heating  element.  The  Cyphers  special  brooding 
house  heaters  are  used,  as  per  illustrations  herewith, 
and  the  Cyphers  Company's  Patent  Hygienic  Cradle- 
Back  Hovers  are  used.  These  hovers  do  away  with 
all  cold  corners  and  insure  continuous  automatic 
ventilation  without  drafts  striking  the  chicks  at  any 
time,  from  any  source.  Herewith  are  shown  two 
illustrations  of  the  type  of  brooding  house  hover 
invented  and  patented  by  this  Company.  Fig.  1 
shows  the  rear  view  of  hover,  closed,  and  Fig.  2  shows 
the  chick  runway  side  or  front. 

Illustrations  are  shown  herewith  of  the  Cyphers 
Hygienic  Cradle-Back  Hovers,  as  used  during  the 
last  six  years  on  Cyphers  Company's  Poultry  Farm 
with  uniform  success,  the  death  rate  ranging  from 
2  to  6  per  cent.,  depending  on  the  season  of  the  year. 
The  chick  mortality  at  no  time  in  the  six  seasons 
has  exceeded  six  per  cent. 


CYPHERS  COMPANY  HOT-WATER  BROOfifNG  SYSTEM 


HYGIENIC   CRADLE-BACK   SYSTEM 

Several  years  ago  we  started  on  the  Cyphers 
'Company  Poultry  Farm  experiments  in  brooding 
■chicks  along  several  independent  and  indefinite  lines. 
One  experiment  involved  the  use  of  a  new  type 
of  hover  which  we  termed  the  Hygienic  Cradle- 
Back  Hover.  The  object  of  this  experiment  was 
to  find  a  satisfactory  way  of  circulating  heat 
through  the  hovers  so  as  to  accomplish  three  things; 
namely,  a  free  circulation  and  even  distribution  of 
warm  air  through  the  hovers  without  causing  draft. 
Second,  an  application  of  heat  that  chicks  of  all  sizes 
'Could  get  the  benefit  without  crowding  or  bunching 
up.  Third,  to  distribute  a  portion  of  the  heat  into 
the  house  without  the  necessity  of  its  radiating  from 
the  hovers,  thereby  overheating  them. 

Our  first  experiments  with  the  Cradle- Back  Hover 
proved  so  satisfactory  that  we  studied  and  improved 
this  style  of  brooding  until  we  developed  and  per- 
fected what  we  now  term  the  Hygienic  Brooding  Sys- 
tem and  we  firmly  believe  that  this  system  of  brooding 
is  unequalled  by  any  other  plan  that  employs  the 
circulation  of  hot  water  through  the  pipes  as  the 
heating  element. 

We  use  a  boiler  specially  designed  for  this  class 
of  work  and  the  water  is  maintained  at  the  correct 
temperature  by  an  auxiliary  circulating  system  as 
described  on  page  105,  the  water  being  conveyed 
through  the  hovers  by  eight  lines  of  134  inch  pipes. 

Figures  1  and  2  show  the  front  and  rear  views 
of  the  Hygienic  Cradle-Back  Hover  above  referred  to. 

PRICES     FOR     HYGIENIC     CRADLE-BACK 
HOVER 

With  the  Riglit  to  Manufacture  Duplicates  for  Purchaser's 
Own  Use  Exclusively 

Although  this  Cradle- Back  Hover  is  fully  patented 
and  protected  by  law,  we  are  pleased  to  give  other 
poultry  breeders  the  benefit  of  our  experiments  in 
brooding  by  offering  one  or  more  of  these  hovers  as 


Fig.  3. — Shows  Interior  View  of  Nursery  Section  in  Brooder  House 
on  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm,  with  Hygienic,  Cradle-Back 
Hovers  in  Use  (closed). 

samples  or  working  patterns,  with  the  right  to  manu- 
facture as  many  duplicates  of  it  as  any  one  purchaser 
may  desire  for  his  own  use,  at  the  following  prices  and 
conditions: 

One  Sample  Hover,  set  up  complete,  safely 
crated,  with  the  right  to  manufacture  duplicates 
for  own  use,  $50.00. 

Ten  Hovers,  complete,  one  set  up  and  safely 
crated,  the  other  nine  packed  and  shipped  knock- 
down with  the  right  to  manufacture  duplicates  for 
own  use,  $100.00. 

The  purchaser  in  every  case  is  to  agree  in  writing 
not  to  manufacture  these  hovers  or  parts  of  them 
for  sale  or  to  enter  in  any  way,  shape  or  form  into  the- 
manufacture  of  any  hovers  except  those  required; 
for  his  own  personal  use.  Purchasers  of  one  or  more 
Hygienic  Cradle-Back  Hovers  will  be  supplied  with 
any  of  the  Blue  Print  Plans  of  poultry'  buildings 
offered  in  this  book  and  will  further  be  supplied  with 
a  copy  of  the  book,  entitled  "The  Cyphers  System  of 
Hot-Water  Brooding,"  without  further  charge. 


Fig.  4. — Shows  Interior  View  of  Nursery  Section  of  Brooder 
House  (same  House  as  Fig.  2),  with  Covers  of  Hovers  raised, 
and  the  Removable,  Drawer-like  Floor  of  Hover  (second  Hover 
from  front)  pulled  out  for  Cleaning. 


Fig.  5. — Shows  Interior  View  of  Fresh- Air  Brooder  Section  of 
House  on  Cyphers  Company  Poultrj'  Farm,  with  Inner  and  Outer 
Covers  raised  to  show  construction;  also  with  one  of  the  Remov- 
able Floors  pulled  out  for  Cleaning  and  Rebedding. 


CYPHERS   COMPANY    HOT-WATER   BROODING  SYSTEM 


CYPHERS  BROODING  SYSTEM 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company  has  spent  fifteen 
years  of  hard  work  and  careful  study,  on  how  best  to 
hatch  the  chicks,  and  after  they  are  hatched, —  how  to 
raise  the  greatest  number  of  them  in  the  easiest,  most 
economical  and  satisfactory  manner. 

We  have  spent  a  great  deal  of  money  experi- 
menting with  different  brooding  devices  on  our  Experi- 
mental Poultry  Farm,  near  Buffalo,  always  striving 
to  develop  some  new  or  improved  idea  and  to  be  in 
a  position  always  to  give  our  customers — the  poultry 
public — the  newest  and  best  in  brooding  systems. 

The  new  features  of  the  Cyphers  System  of  Hot- 
Water  Brooding  are: 

First — An  auxiliary  tank  to  provide  a  constant 
circulation  of  water  at  an  even  temperature,  irre- 
spective of  the  hover  temperature. 

Second — An  effective  regulator  on  the  boiler  to 
control  the  draught  directly  from  the  temperature 
of  the  water  as  it  leaves  the  boiler. 

Third — A  dependable  valve  regulator  on  the  flow 
pipe  which  controls  the  flow  of  hot  water  through  the 
pipes. 

Briefly,  the  advantages  of  this  improvement  will 
immediately  appeal  to  everyone  having  any  knowl- 
edge of  hot  water  heating 
systems.  In  brooding 
systems  of  the  past,  the 
hover  pipes  were  con- 
nected up  with  the  boiler, 
in  a  free  flow  system  of 
water  circulation,  so  that 
the  water  at  whatever 
temperature  would  con- 
stantly circulate 
through  the  hover;  a 
regulator  of  some  sort 
was  placed  under  the 
hover  to  open  or  close  the 
boiler  draught,  or  in  some 
cases  a  float  regulator  has  been  used  in  the  expan- 
sion tank  to  regulate  the  draught. 

The  objection  to  this  equipment  has  been  an 
uneven  and  inconsistent  heat  under  the  hover,  at  an 
unnecessary  consumption  of  fuel.  For  instance,  the 
draughts  in  the  boiler  would  be  open,  the  fire  would 
burn  up  briskly  and  gradually  increase  the  tempera- 
ture of  the  water  which  is  always  circulating  through 
the  hover,  the  heat  radiating  from  the  hover  pipes. 
When  the  hover  reaches  the  required  temperature  the 
thermostat  shuts  off  the  draught, —  but  it  does  not 
shut  off  the  increase  of  heat. 

With  our  new  system  of  auxiliary  tank  and  regu- 
lators, we  keep  the  water  circulating  through  the 
boiler  to  the  auxiliary  tank,  and  back  to  the 
boiler  again,  at  the  correct  temperature  always,  and 
the  boiler  draughts  are  operated  directly  from  the 
regulator    placed     on     the    flow    pipe.       The  minute 


Cyphers  Damper  Regulal 

for  Brooding  Houses. 

Price,  $30.00. 


the  hover  temperature 
raises  too  high  the  flow 
of  water  is  cut  down 
and  on  the  other  hand, 
if  the  hover  tempera- 
ture has  a  tendency  to 
run  a  bit  too  low  an 
increased  flow  of  hot 
water  is  fed  into  the 
hover  pipes  direct  from 
the  auxiliary  tank.  In 
this  way  we  not  only 
control  the  tempera- 
ture of  the  water  in  all 
parts  of  the  system 
but  we  also  control 
the  flow  of  the 
water.  Yet  these 
features  are  offered 
to  the  public  at  a 
very  slight  increase 
over  the  cost  of  the 
old  system  of  brood-  ^^"''"^  ^"'"''"'^  "°"''=  ""=''"■ 
ing,  and  the  regulators  are  substantial  and  absolutely 
reliable.  In  fact,  we  use  on  this  brooding  system  the 
same  system  of  regulation  that  we  use  on  our  Mam- 
moth Incubators,  and  which  we  have  found  by  three 
or  four  years  of  severe  test,  to  be  wholly  satisfactory. 

CYPHERS  ELECTRIC   REGULATOR  FOR 
BROODING  HOUSES 

We  have  devoted  much  study  to  an  electric  regu- 
lator that  would  govern  the  temperature  of  a  large  room, 
and  this  electric  regulator  for  brooding  houses  is  the 
result.  The  electric  regulator  illustrated  herewith  has 
been  used  by  us  on  the  Cyphers  Company  Poultry 
Farm  and  by  numbers  of  our  customers  during  sgveral 
years,  and  can  be  relied  upon  to  do  the  work.  The 
Cyphers  Electric  Regulator  consists  of  a  thermometer, 
motor,  battery,  wire,  chain,  etc.  Price,  each,  com- 
plete, $22.00. 


CYPHERS  COMPANY  HOT  WATER  BROODING  SYSTEM 


cypherssystem 
Brooding 


Our  new  booklet  illubtral 
descnbing  the  C\  phers  S> 
Brooding 


SYSTEM     OF     HOT     WATER 
BROODING  " 

This  book  of  helps 
and  information  has 
been  compiled  to  meet 
more  particularly  the 
requirements  of  those 
who  contemplate  build- 
ing and  equipping  a 
brooder  house.  In 
other  words,  it  tells  the 
poultry  raiser  how  to 
take  care  of  the  chicks 
after  they  are  hatched, 
what  kind  of  building 
to  erect,  what  style  of 
construction  to  use  and 


how  best  to  equip  it  and  with  what  material.  The 
book  shows  what  kind  of  heating  apparatus  to  install, 
what  kind  of  boiler  to  use,  where  to  locate  the  boiler, 
number  and  size  of  pipes,  with  full  outline  of  how  the 
entire  equipment  is  put  in,  piece  by  piece.  It  is  illus- 
trated with  full-page  drawings,  to  which  drawings  refer- 
ence is  made  in  describing  different  parts  of  the  house 
or  equipment.  It  contains  a  description  of  a  practical 
laying  house  and  the  importance  of  trap-nests,  and  shows 
how  these  are  built  and  used.  It  contains  valuable  data 
on  feeding  and  rearing  chicks.  This  information  is 
not  theory;  we  give  the  figures  showing  the  results 
of  experiments  in  feeding  that  we  made  on  the  Cyphers 
Company  Poultry  Farm  covering  a  period  of  four 
years.  The  book  also  contains  other  information 
that  can  be  used  to  advantage  by  ever>'  breeder  of 
poultry.     Price  50  cents,  postpaid. 


Blue-Print  Plans  and  Specifications  for  Poultry  Buildings 


rx^O  MEET  the  demand  for  plans  of  poultry  build- 
I  ings  we  offer  for  sale  at  small  cost  a  complete 
set  of  blue-print  plans  and  specifications  for 
practical,  time-tried  poultry  buildings. 

All  drawings  we  supply  are  planned  with  a  view 
to  economy  in  construction  and  a  saving  of  labor 
in  caring  for  the  fowls.  To  save  labor  means  to 
save  money.  These  plans  are  carefully  drawn  to 
scale  by  experienced  architects,  acting  under  our 
direct  supervision. 

An  additional  charge  is  made  for  architect's 
specifications  when  supplied  with  blue-prints  of 
breeding,  laying  and  combination  houses,  as  noted 
below.  These  specifications  are  the  same  as  would 
be  eupplied  by  an  architect  if  the  buildings  were 
especially  planned  for  each  individual  customer. 
Such  service  from  an  architect  would  cost  from  $25.00 
to  $100.00,  according  to  the  size  of  the  building. 

Equipped  with  our  blue-print  plans  and  specifi- 
cations the  customer  will  be  able  to  place  same  in  the 
hands  of  a  carpenter  or  contractor  and  can  learn  just 
what  the  buildings  will  cost  before  beginning  their 
construction. 

FOR  LARGE  POULTRY  PLANTS 

Blue-print  plans  of  combination  building  for 
large  poultry  plant,  including  incubator  cellar,  food 
and  storage  rooms,  with  upstairs  sleeping  rooms  for  the 
workmen,  heater-pit  and  nursery'  brooder  wing  adjoin- 
ing, also  cool  brooder  wing,  all  conveniently  arranged 
and  admirably  planned,  price  $1.50,  postpaid. 

A  small  combination  house  with  feed  room, 
heater-pit,  and  nursery  brooder  wing,  price  $1.00, 
postpaid.  If  architect's  specifications  for  either 
combination  building  are  wanted,  add  $2.00  each  to 
the  price  of  the  blue-print  plans. 


BREEDING   HOUSE  PLANS 

Breeding  house  blue-print  plans,  16  feet  wide 
by  120  feet  long,  divided  into  8-foot  pens,  price  $1.00, 
postpaid.  These  houses  can  be  built  any  length 
desired.  If  architect's  specifications  are  desired,  add 
$1.00  to  price  of  the  blue-print  plans. 

PLANS   FOR  LAYING   HOUSES 

Laying  house  blue-print  plans,  16  feet  wide  by 
120  feet  long,  divided  into  16-foot  pens  with  a  room 
at  one  end  floored  over  to  be  used  as  a  feed  room  or 
otherwise,  price  $1.00,  postpaid.  These  houses  can 
be  built  any  length  desired.  If  architect's  specifi- 
cations are  desired,  add  $1.00  to  above  prices. 

CYPHERS  LAYING   HOUSE 

This  plan  shows  a  type  of  laying  house  that  is 
used  exclusively  on  the  Cyphers  Company  Poultry 
Farm  and  which  we  have  found  to  be  highly  satis- 
factory. Complete  building  notes  as  supplied  by  the 
architect  are  supplied  with  each  drawing.  Price, 
75  cents,  postpaid. 

BROODER  HOUSE  PLANS 

Blue-print  plans  for  brooding  houses  of  the  follow- 
ing sizes  are    kept   in  stock   and  will    be    mailed 
promptly,  postpaid,  upon  receipt  of  price. 
14  feet     wide    by       16  feet     long,  25  cents  postpaid 
16      '  "  "       20      "         "      30      " 

16      "         "  "       25      "         "      35      " 

16      "         "         -"       30      "         "      40      " 
16      "         "  "       50      "         "      60      " 

16 60      "         '■      70      " 

16 75      "         ■'      80      " 

16 '     100      "         '•      90      " 

Specifications  are  not  required  for  the  foregoing  brooder 
houses,  as  the  blue-print  plans  contain  the  contractor's  notes 
giving  necessary  information. 


Round  Fireless  Brooders 

Not  to  be  Used  Outdoors  Except  in  Boxes,  Brood  Coops,  Roosting  Coops,  Etc. 

r  I  >HESE   handy,   all-metal    "fireless"    brooders   or 


I  hovers  will  do  satisfactory  work  in  mild  climates 
and  during  moderate  weather,  such  as  we  have 
in  the  vicinity  of  forty  degrees  north  latitude  during 
April,  May  and  June.  They  should  not  be  used  out 
of  doors  (by  themselves)  as  a  separate  or  complete 
brooding  device,  hut  in  all  cases  should  be  enclosed 
in  goods  boxes,  brood  coops,  colony  roosting  coops, 
etc.     Indoors   they   can   be    placed   almost   anywhere 


Round  All  Metal  Fireless  Brooder  Ready  for  Use. 

and  in  a  fairly  moderate  temperature  will  be  found 
to  give  excellent  satisfaction. 

For  best  results — especially  when  cold  nights  are 
still  the  rule — not  less  than  twelve  nor  more  than 
fifty  chicks  should  be  placed  in  one  of  these  fireless 
brooders.  They  are  made  in  three  sizes — small  size 
holding  twelve  to  twenty  chicks,  the  medium  size 
twenty  to  thirty  chicks,  and  the  large  size  thirty  to 
fifty  chicks.  Less  than  twelve  chicks  is  inadvisable 
because  the  little  chicks  must  rely  on  their  own 
bodily  heat  to  keep  warm  at  night,  whereas  more 
than  fifty  chicks  in  one  brooder  or  hover  will  invite 
danger  from  crowding. 

When  ready  for  use,  the  fireless  brooder  has  two 
or  three  inches  of  cut  clover,  cut  alfalfa  or  some  other 
warm  litter  or  "bedding"  material  placed  in  the  bottom; 
then  the  chicks  are  put  in  the  nest  and  the  thick 
cushion  or  pillow  (see  illustration)  made  of  muslin 
and  filled  with  cotton  batting  is  lowered  until  it 
rests  on  the  chicks'  backs.  They  are  now  snug 
and  warm — both  above  and  below.  Their  warming 
or  sleeping  apartment  is  ventilated  by  a  series  of  small 
openings  that  do  not  allow  a  direct  draft  to  blow  in 
upon  them.  As  they  grow  in  size  the  cushion  is 
raised  to  give  them  head  room  and  more  air. 


The  chicks  soon  learn  to  run  in  and  out  of  this 
type  of  brooder,  and  there  are  no  corners  in  which 
they  can  crowd,  as  is  the  case  with  fireless  brooders 
built  square  and  of  wood.  These  circular,  all-metal 
fireless  brooders  are  easy  to  clean,  are  practically 
indestructible  and  will  last  many  years  if  taken  care 
of  when  not  in  use. 

Persons  who  buy  day-old  chicks  after  cold  weather 
has  passed  and  it  is  safe  to  ship  newly-hatched 
chicks  by  express,  will  find  these  fireless  brooders 
well  adapted  to  the  care  of  the  chicks  that  have  been 
hardened  by  their  journey.  In  cold  weather,  however, 
we  do  not  advise  placing  chicks  in  any  type  of  fire- 
less brooder — especially  chicks  just  taken  from  an 
incubator.  Many  valuable  chicks  have  been  sacri- 
ficed by  poultry  raisers  who  have  made  this  experi- 
ment. On  the  other  hand,  it  has  been  found  that 
after  chicks  are  ten  days  to  two  weeks  old  they  will 
get  along  in  this  circular  type  of  fireless  brooder  and 
do    well,    provided    the    outdoor    temperature    is    not 


Prices   of  Circular,  All-Metal   Fireless  Brooders : 

Small  Size,  12  to  20  Chicks $1.50 

Medium  Size,  20  to  30  Chicks 2.00 

Large  Size,  30  to  50  Chicks 2.50 

Per  Set  of  Three  (One  of  Each  Size) 5.00 

F.  O.  B.  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  any  Branch  House, 
except  Oakland,  Cal.,  and  London,  England. 


The  cushion  is  raised  or  lowered  to  suit  the  size  of  the  chicks, 
and  also  the  temperature  of  room  in  which  Brooder  is  operated.  The 
illustration  shows  a  part  of  the  cushion  cut  away  to  indicate 
method  of  packing. 


"FIFTEEN  YEARS  AGO" 

GreenviUe,  Miss.,  July  14,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.~ 

I  have  been  using  a  200-egg  Cyphers  Incubator  that  I  pur- 
chased from  the  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  fifteen  years  ago. 
This  machine  has  given  satisfaction  all  these  years  without  a 
dollar's  worth  of  repairs,  and  during  the  last  season  made  an 
average  hatch  of  above  80  per  cent,  of  all  fertile  eggs. 

GEORGE  WHEATLEY. 


"  A  FEW  MINUTES  EVERY  DAY  " 

Hawthorne,  N.  J.,  November  9.  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  find  your  Cyphers  Incubators  no  trouble  to  operate.  A 
few  minutes  every  day  to  fill  the  lamp  and  turn  the  eggs  is  all 
that  is  required.  Often  I  do  not  take  the  trouble  to  look  at  the 
thermometer,  feeling  confident  that  the  temperature  is  correct. 
The  machine  is  absolutely  self-regulating  and  self-ventilating  and 
solves  the  moisture  question.  C.  L.  RIVERS. 


WON  FIRST  PRIZE-2,000    HATCHES  RECORDED 


I 


The  Average  Farm  is  Still  the  Cheapest  Place  to  Produce  Poultry 
and  Eggs  for  Profit,  and-ihe  Farmer  is  Still  the  Natural  Poultryman 

T  IS  STILL  tlie  poultry  produced  annually  on  the  farms  of  the  United  States  that  form 
the  solid  foundation  of  the  Billion  Dollar  Poultry  Industry  of  this  country  !  The  basic 
value  of  domestic  fowls  is  found  in  the  world-wide  use  of  poultry  meat  and  eggs  as  human 
food.  The  poultry-fancier,  so-called,  has  done  and  will  continue  to  dc  a 
truly  great  work  for  poultry,  but  the  farmer  is  the  natural  poultryman  and 
it  is  on  the  farms  of  America  that  the  thousands  of  tons  of  poultry  meat 
are  produced  and  the  millions  of  dozens  of  eggs  are  laid  each  year. 

The  farmer  and  his  wife,  son  or  daughter  are  still  very  much  in  the 
lead  when  we  come  to  tabulate  the  immense  figures  that  pile  up  into  a 
Billion  Dollar  Poultry  Industry.  The  poultry  instructor  is  doing  his 
work  ;  the  poultry  press  is  indispensable  ;  the  active  fanciers  in  every 
locality  are  leaders  in  creating  a  demand  for  "  better  poultry  and  more  of 
it ;  "  but  when  all  is  said  and  done  it  is  the  farmer  and  his  every-day  helpers 
ivho  are  sending  the  train  loads  of  poultry  to  market  and  supplying  the  break- 
fast tables  of  the  world  with  new-laid  eggs. 

As  an  example  of  the  kind  of  hatching  a  farmer  can  do  with  a  first- 
class,  dependable  incubator,  we  submit  the  following  letter  and  public 
evidence  : — 


Altoona,  Kas.,  Farmer 
who  hatched  478  chicks 
from  480  Barred  Ply- 
mouth Rock  and  White 
Orpington  Eggs  and 
Won  First  Prize  in  the 
Fourth  Annual  Hatch- 
ing Contest  of  the  Far- 
mers Mail  and  Breeze, 
Topeka,  Kansas. 


Letter  from  Frank  Vernum,  Farmer,  Altoona,  Kansas. 

Altoona,  Kas.,  September  11,  1911. 
Manager,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Branch  House,  Cyphers  Incubator  Company 

"I  am  going  to  write  to  you  just  as  soon  as  I  can  and  tell  you  about  this  incubator  contest 
as  reported  on  newspaper  sheet  enclosed. 

"The  Incubator  is  the  one  I  got  of  you  in  March.  The  papers  never  told  it  was  the 
'Cyphers'  and  I  have  received  letters  from  all  over,  this  soon,  asking  me  the  name  of  that  incu- 
bator.    I  answered  fourteen  cards  and  letters  this  morning. 

"I  live  on  a  farm  and    I   have  just  the  most  work  to   do,   but  I  will 
one.     The  account  in  the  paper  is  just  as  it  was. 

"I  am  so  glad   I  got  this  machine  and   I  am  going  to  tell  you  what 
that  money.     I   want  another  incubator  just   like  the  one  I  have,  and  i 

Hover.     And  what    are  you  going  to  ask  me  for  both?      I  will   send   my  order  just    as   soon    as 
they  send  the  prize  money  to  me.  Yours  truly,  FRANK  VERNUM." 


try   and   answer   every 


I  am  going  to  do  with 
Cyphers  I5rooder  or  a 


With  the  foregoing  letter  Mr.  Vernum  enclosed  a  two-column  clipping  from  the  Sep- 
tember issue  of  "  The  Farmers  Mail  and  Breeze,"  an  agricultural  paper  published  weekly  at 
Topeka,  Kansas,  from  which  clipping  we  quote  as  follows  : — 


THE    1911    INCUBATOR  CONTEST 

Two  Thousand  Hatches 

"FIRST  PRIZE— Cash  price  of  his  incubator 
to  Frank  Vernum,  Altoona,  Kas.  Set  240  eggs 
March  25  ;  tested  out  none  March  31  ;  hatched 
240  live  chicks  April  16.  Per  cent,  of  first  hatch, 
100  Set  240  eggs  April  17  ;  tested  out  2,  April 

24  ;   hatched  238  live  chicks  May  6  ;   Per  cent,  of 
second   hatch    99.1     Report  sworn   to  and   wit- 


"The  fourth  annual  incubator  contest  of  Farmers 
Mail  and  Breeze  was  won  this  year  by  a  man,  Frank 
Vernum  of  Altoona,  Kas.,  in  a  contest  in  which  2,000 
hatches  were  recorded. 

"Mr.  Vernum  with  a  record  of  100  per  cent,  and 
99.1  per  cent,  respectively,    for    two  hatches  with  a 


240-egg  incubator,  wins  first  prize  this  year.  The 
prize  is  a  check  covering  the  cash  price  of  his  machine. 
His  first  hatch  was  240  live  chicks  from  240  eggs. 
Second  hatch,  238  live  chicks  from  240  eggs.  These 
are  records  hard  to  beat. 

"More  than  2,000  records  of  hatches  were  submitted 
in  the  contest  between  January  1  and  May  30,  1911, 
when  it  closed.  These  records  came  from  all  part.s 
of  the  Middle  West  and  South-west.  Some  came  from 
far-distant  states. 

Object  of  the  Contests 

"The  object  of  these  annual  incubator  contests 
is  not  a  test  of  the  various  makes  of  incubators — the 
purpose  is  to  test  the  skill  of  the  operator  and  to  pro- 
mote greater  interest  and  knowledge  in  up-to-date 
methods  of  poultry  culture,  the  methods  that  pay  the 
profit. 


WON  FIRST  PRIZE— 2,000  HATCHES  RECORDED 


HOW  MR.    VERNUM  WON 

"  Mr.  Vernum's  report  of  the  two  hatches  which 
won  him  the  incubator,  follows: — 


.March  25 


(FIRST  HATCH) 

Number  of  eggs  set 

Date  set 

Number  of  eggs  tested  out none 

Date  tested March  3 1 

Total  number  of  live  chicks  hatched 240 

Date  hatch  was  taken  off all  April  16 

Per  cent   iOO  (perfect  hatch) 

(SECOND  HATCH) 

Number  of  eggs  set 240 

Date  set April  17 

Number  of  eggs  tested  out 2 

Date  tested April  24 

Total  number  live  chicks  hatched 238 

Date  hatch  was  taken  off May  6 

Percent 99.) 


KIND   OF  EGGS   HE  SET 

"  People  came  from  quite  a  distance  in  his  vicinity 
to  see  Mr.  Vernum's  hatches.  He  writes  as  follows 
concerning  his  success: — 

"  I  got  ray  incubator  in  March.  I  liked  the  way  a 
certain  maker  of  incubators  advertised  his  machines 
and  sent  for  his  catalog.  I  selected  a  240-egg  machine 
and  my  success  has  been  perfect.  I  set  it  the  first 
time  March  25,  on  240  Barred  Plymouth  Rock  eggs. 
They  hatched  April  16,  every  egg,  240  chickens. 
These  eggs  were  carefully  tested. 

"My  next  hatch  was  set  April  17.  I  set  200 
Barred  I'lymouth  Rock  eggs  and  40  White  Orpington 
eggs.  All  hatched  May  6  but  two  of  the  White  Orping- 
ton eggs.  My  incubator  is  the  only  one  of  its  kind  in 
this  vicinity  and  people  have  come  for  miles  to  see  it 
and  the  chickens."  FRANK  VERNUM. 

Altoona,  Kas.,  May  13,  1911. 


Thousands  of  farmers,  or  other  members  of  their  families,  are  having  fine  success,  year  after  year,  with 
Cyphers  Incubators — are  getting  big  hatches  of  healthy,  vigorous  chicks  and  are  making  large  profits 
from  the  production  and  sale  of  poultry  and  eggs.  The  farmer  is  the  natural  poultryman  and  the  farm 
the  cheapest  place  to  raise  poultry.  On  the  farm  there  is  no  land  rent  to  pay,  so  far  as  keeping  poultry 
is  concerned.  The  buildings  required  are  few  and  inexpensive  and  the  flocks  on  range  not  only  pick  up 
most  of  their  living  during  a  good  portion  of  the  year,  but  are  "worth  their  keep"  as  vigilant  destroyers  of 
harmful  insects,  bugs,  worms  and  larvae.  Fowls  are  careful  gleaners  of  waste  grain  and  do  more  good  to 
fruit-bearing  trees,  bushes  and  vines  than  all  the  spraying  ever  done  on  the  average  farm.  And  there  is  far 
more  waste  food,  waste  grain,  waste  fruit,  etc.,  on  a  farm  than  most  people  imagine,  because  as  a  rule  no 
attention  is  paid  to  it. 

The  prices  of  poultry  and  eggs  for  human  consumption  have  been  increasing  steadily,  in  fact  rapidly, 
during  the  last  dozen  years.  The  records  show  that  these  prices  have  about  doubled  in  the  last  decade 
and  the  increase  is  still  going  on.  The  prices  of  all  forms  of  meat  are  certain  to  range  high  in  future 
and  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  prices  of  poultry  and  eggs  will  continue  to  do  likewise.  One  set  of 
prices  follows  the  other. 

These  higher  prices  have  proved  attractive  to  many  thousands  of  farmers  and  farmers'  wives,  as  well  as  to 
poultrymen  who  are  engaged  regularly  in  business.  The  result  has  been  that  the  farms  of  the  United  States 
and  Canada  are  today  producing  several  times  more  poultry  and  eggs  than  was  the  case  only  a  few  years 
ago.  Poultry  raising  is  now  an  important  branch  of  farm  work — not  merely  raising  enough  fowls  and  eggs 
for  the  home  table,  but  a  large  surplus  for  the  nearby  or  distant  market.  Improved  methods  are  being  used 
and  the  latest  appliances  are  in  demand.  Poultry  Husbandry  today  is  a  profession.  This  is  true 
whether  it  is  taught  at  a  college  or  is  practiced  on  the  average  farm  b}'  an  intelligent  and  progressive  member 
of  the  farmer's  household. 


Free    Poultry    Instruction 
in  Country  Scliools 

POULTRY  Raising  for  profit,  health 
and  pleasure  is  now  being  taught 
in  State  Agricultural  Colleges,  in 
the  Public  Schools  of  cities  and  in 
Country  or  District  Schools.  The  accom- 
panying illustration,  made  from  photo- 
graph, shows  some  of  the  Prize  Winners 
in  the  boys  and  girls  Poultry  Contest 
conducted  under  the  direction  of  the 
Green  County,  Mo.,  Educational  Authori- 
ties and  held  at  Springfield,  Mo.,  October 
20,  1911.  In  front  of  the  winners  will  be 
seen  a  number  of  choice  birds  that  were 
given  as  prizes. 


Cyphers  Shed-Roof,  Canvas-Lighted  House 


Simple  in  Design.       Inexpensive.        Easy  to  Set   up. 
No  Windows  to  Break.    Roomy,  Healthful,  Convenient, 

a  dirt  floor;  for  winter  use  a  board  floor.  If  young 
chicks  are  to  be  kept  in  this  house  at  any  time  of  the 
year,  in  a  neighborhood  where  rats  abound,  and  a  board 


THIS  is  the  simplest  type  of  poultry  house  that 
can  be  built,  and  is  also  the  least  expensive. 
While  it  is  not  ornamental  in  any  sense,  it  is 
strictly  ser\'iceable  and  will  answer  the  purpose  as  well 
as  though  it  had  a  mansard,  gable  roof,  with  a  gold- 
leaf  rooster  on  top  of  it  for  a  weather  vane. 

The  dimensions  are  as  follows  :  Floor  space,  5  feet 
10  inches  x  6  feet.  Height  in  front,  6  feet.  Height  at 
rear,  4  feet.  Droppings  board,  26  inches  x  6  feet.  The 
door  opening  is  2  feet  wide  —  the  inner  or  screened 
door  slides  while  the  canvas  covered  door  swings  out. 
The  house  is  provided  with  three  nests. 

Material  used,  J^-inch,  kiln  dried  selected  white 
pine,  dressed  on  both  sides,  tongued,  grooved  and 
closely  matched. 

The  droppings  board  is  made  of  the  same  material, 
thus  insuring  light  w'eight  and  low  freight  rates.  The 
roost  is  of  basswood,  therefore  is  tough  and  strong. 

There  is  no  glass  to  this  house,  water-proof  sheeting 
being  used  instead,  thus  removing  all  danger  of  broken 


windows,  either  in  shipment  or  when  moving  the  house 
from  place  to  place,  and  while  in  storage.  The  best 
quality  of  water-proof,  paraffined  sheeting  is  used,  which 
freely  admits  the  light,  but  keeps  out  wind  and  rain. 

We  regard  this  low-priced  and  simple  shed-roofed 
house  as  one  of  the  best,  cost  considered,  that  can  be 
designed  for  use  on  large  poultry  farms  where  ample 
range  is  afforded,  or  for  a  pen  of  fowls  in  any  small  en- 
closure. Such  a  house  can  be  readily  moved  from 
place  to  place.  With  40  such  houses  we  could  "house" 
400  head  of  laying  stock,  and  give  them  such  care, 
with  a  minimum  of  labor,  that  they  would  thrive  well 
and  pay  big  returns  on  the  outlay. 

With  the  object  of  saving  cost,  also  expense  in 
freight  charges,  no  floor  is  furnished  with  this  house. 
The  purchaser  can  either  furnish  a  rough-board  floor 
locally,  or  set  the  house  up  on  brick  or  stone,  and  then 
fill  it  in  to  a  level  of  the  sills  with  cinders,  gravel,  sand 
or  drj'  earth,  as  preferred.     For  summer  use  we  advise 


Shed-Roof,  Canvas-Lighted  House,  closed, 
floor  is  not  provided,  then  one-inch-mesh  wire  netting 
should  be  securely  nailed  across  the  bottom  of  the 
house,  and  then  the  gravel,  earth  or  sand  filled  in  on 
top  of  this,  thus  rendering  the  house  rat-proof  when 
closed  for  the  night. 

Style  and  price  considered,  we  regard  this  as  the 
best  portable  poultry  house  devised  to  date.  It  is 
painted  attracti%ely  in  two  colors — green  with  red 
trimmings,  double  coat.  Will  accommodate  8  to  15 
fowls,  depending  on  size  of  breed — 8  of  the  Asiatics,  10 
to  12  of  the  American  or  English  breeds,  or  15  of  the 
Mediterranean  class. 
Price,  complete,  f .  o.  b.  cars  $22.00 


Cyphers  Large  Size  Colony  House 

For  Growing  Stock  on  Range  and  for  Use  with  Adaptable  Hovers  or  Fireless  Brooders  in 
Raising  Day-Old  Chicks  to  Time  of  Separation 

The  Cyphers  Colony  House  (shipped  in  knock-down 
shape)  is  built  in  sections  and  is  easily  put  together.  A 
door,  in  two  sections,  17  inches  wide  and  34  inches  high, 
gives  the  caretaker  free  access  when  necessary.  The  adjust- 
able hoods  offer  protection  against  the  sun  and  rain,  and 
during  cold  weather  they  may  be  lowered  flat  against  the 
front. 

The  sides  and  ends  of  the  Cyphers  Colony  Houses 
are  painted  a  neat  shade  of  green,  and  the  roof  is  red.  A 
comfortable  perch  is  provided.  We  have  sold  great 
numbers  of  these  houses,  some  customers  buying  from  20 
to  50  each.  We  ship  them  in  knock-down  shape,  thus 
securing  the  low  freight  rates  charged  on  ordinary  lumber. 

Price  of  Cyphers  Colony  Houses 
Each $12.00  In  lots  of  six,  each.  .$11.50 

The  Cyphers  Colony  House  in  Use.  WEIGHTS:    One,  120  lbs.;  six,  720  lbs. 

CYPHERS  COLONY  HOUSE,  in  addition  to  its 
widely  popular  use  for  growing  chicks,  makes 
one  of  the  best  single-pen  breeding  houses  that 
has  thus  far  been  designed.  It  is  also  an  ideal  place 
in  which  to  locate  an  Adaptable  Hover  or  Fireless 
Brooder  and  raise  little  chicks,  either  those  you  hatch 
yourself  or  day-old  chicks  that  you  buy.  Fifty  or  more 
chicks  can  be  raised  with  fine  results  in  this  roomy  and 
substantiEil  coop  until  the  time  comes  to  separate  the 
cockerels  from  the  pullets. 

This  Portable  Colony  House  is  3  x  6  feet  in  size,  is  36 
inches  high  in  front  and  24  inches  high  at  the, back.  It  is 
built  of  a  high  grade  of  J^-inch  dressed  lumber,  tongued  and 
grooved,  and  is  put  together  in  a  thoroughly  workman- 
like manner.  The  bottom  is  of  matched  boards  laid  on 
cleats  and  is  removable,  making  it  easy  to  set  the  main 
coop  to  one  side,  thus  rendering  the  cleaning  of  it  much  less 
burdensome  than  is  the  case  with  houses  that  have 
stationary  floors. 

Cyphers  Model  Brood  Coop  for  Raising  Chicks 

For  Hen  with  Chicks,  for  Raising  Day-Old  Chicks  and  for 
Colonizing  Growing  Stock 

and  a  wire-enclosed  shelter  or  exercise  room.  The  house 
part — I  foot  9  inches  x  2  feet — is  provided  with  a  remov- 
able floor,  and  is  separated  from  the  exercise  room  by  a 
wooden  partition  with  galvanized  wire-cloth  window 
and  door  which  admit  light  and  air. ,  The  exercise  room 
— 2  feet  6  inches  x  2  feet — is  closed  at  the  end  and  screened 
with  fine-mesh  galvanized-iron  wire  back  and  front,  pro- 
viding a  roomy  shelter  for  the  inmates.  The  combination 
door  in  the  front  of  coop  permits  the  chicks  to  enjoy  the 
advantage  of  free  range,  while  the  mother  hen  is  safely 
confined.  A  number  of  these  coops  with  broods  of  chicks 
may  safely  be  placed  in  the  garden  or  berry  patch,  where 
the  little  chicks  can  range  at  will  and  thrive  on  bugs  and 
worms  without  injury  to  the  garden  or  crops.  In  addition 
to  protecting  the  chicks  from  the  weather,  the  Cyphers 
New  Model  Brood  Coop  provides  safety  from  cats,  rats,  etc. 
Cyphers  New  Model  Brood  Coop  is  attractively 
painted  in  green  and  red,  and  if  properly  cared  for  will 
last  many  years.  It  not  only  will  serve  all  purposes  for 
which  It  waa  designed,  but  at  the  same  time  will  make 
more  attractive  the  part  of  the  farm  or  yard  that  so  often 
is  disfigured  by  ill-advised  attempts  at  cheap  construction. 
The  price  of  Cyphers  New  Model  Brood  Coop  is  lower  than 
a  coop  of  equal  quality  and  workmanship  can  possibly  be 
built  for  by  home  mechanics. 

Price  of  Cyphers  New  Model  Brood  Coop 
Each $4.00  In  lots  of  six,  each.  .$3.85 

WEIGHTS:    One,  42  lbs.;  six,  252  lbs. 
Assorted  Order"  notice,  see  page  153. 


THE  Cyphers  Model  Brood  Coop  is  intended  for  a 
hen  with  chicks,  but  may  be  used  as  a  home  for 
the  chicks  long  after  they  are  weaned  by  the  hen; 
also  for  day-old  chicks  that  are  being  raised  in  warm 
weather  without  artificial  heat;  also  for  chickens  that  are 
old  enough  to  be  taken  from  the  brooder  or  brooder  house 
and  colonized  out  of  doors. 

Cyphers  New  Model  Brood  Coop  is  4  feet  6  inches 
wide,  2  feet  deep,  i  foot  9  inches  high  in  front,  and  i  foot 
3  inches  high  at  the  rear.  As  will  be  seen  in  the  illustra- 
tion, it  has  two  apartments — c   closed  or   house  part. 


Cyphers  Model  Coop  for  Raising  Chicks. 

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CHAPTER  I 

HOW  TO  GET  TWICE  AS  MANY  EGGS  FROM  THE 
SAME  NUMBER  OF  HENS 

Means  by  Which  the  Egg-  Yield  of  the  Average  Flock  of  Layers  Can  be 
Doubled.  Some  Hens  Lay  Twice  and  Three  Times  as  Many  Eggs  as 
Others.  Let  us  Weed  Out  the  Drones.  Trap-Nesting  is  the  Means  of 
Proof.      Value  of  Comfortable  Quarters,  Suitable  Food  and  Good  Care 

(.Copyright  January,  1912,  Jiy  Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.) 

pOW  to  get  twice  as  many  eggs  from  the  same 
number  of  hens"  is  not  a  catch  phrase,  is  not 
some    "fake"    idea  or  "system"  plan — it   is    a 

straight   and   simple   business   proposition.     The  average 

farmer  or  farmer's  wife,  we  might  say  the  average  poultry- 
man,  can  double  the  egg  yield  without  keeping  any  more 

hens  than  at  present,  if  they  wish  to  do  so  and  will  follow 

the  plan  here  described  and  recommended. 

This  desirable  result  cannot  be  obtained  where  the 

layers  are  given  free  range,   not  definitely  and  satisfac- 
torily, because  there  is  no  way  to  make  sure,  under  such 

conditions,  how  many  eggs  each  hen  in  the  flock  is  laying 

— not  while  they  are  depositing  their  eggs  in  hedge  rows, 

under  barns,   in   hay   lofts,   etc.     To   put  this  plan   into 

successful  use,  it  is  proposed  that  the  fowls  shall  be  com- 
fortably housed  and  yarded — also  that  they  shall  be  fed 

and  cared  for  in  a  manner  that  will  enable  them  to  do 

their  best  work  in  egg  production. 

Food  that  is  eaten  by  domestic  fowls  has  three  main 

functions  to  perform — to  supply  flesh,  bone  and  feather 

tissue,  to  supply  heat,  and  to  supply  the  materials  of  which 

the  eggs  are  composed.     If  the  food  is  insufficient  for  the 

bodily  requirements  of   the  fowl,   including  warmth,   we 

cannot  reasonably  expect  her  to  produce  a  large  yield  of 

eggs.       Her  bodily  wants  must  first  be  supplied — then  if 

she  has  a  surplus  of  "food  units"  she  can  convert  this 

surplus  into  eggs. 

First,  as  regards  suitable  quarters.     The  hen  should 

be  given  enough  food  to  keep  up  her  bodily  weight,  to 

restore  all  waste  in  body  tissue,  and  enough  more  food 

to  supply  heat — to  keep  her  blood  rich  in  fats  and  her 

body  warm.     Comfortable  quarters  for  the  fowls,  especi- 
ally in  cold  weather,  will  save  "food  units"  that  otherwise 

would   go  to   produce   bodily   heat.     Hens  that   are  per- 
mitted  to  roost  in  open  sheds  or  other  exposed  places, 

cannot  be  brought  to  lay  well  in  the  winter  time.     Too 

many  of   the   "food   units"   consumed   bv   them  are  used  PARTS  OF  HOME-MADE  TR.\P-NEST. 

in   keeping    the    body   temperature   up    to   normal.  Fig.    I— A— Galvanized    Iron    Door,    9  x  9   inches    square. 

'      o  .  F  f  Edges  turned  to  stiffen.    Upper  edge  has  No.  9  fence  wire  inserted 

in  fold,  this  wire  extending  about  H,  of  an  inch  at  each  end  beyond 
sides  of  door.  B — Wooden  Trigger,  %  k  %  oi  an  inch  in  width 
and  thickness,  by  2H  inches  in  length.  Has  notch  cut  in  lower 
end.  Upper  end  has  common  wire  staple  driven  in  part  way,  with 
an  e\tra  staple  looped  through  this  one.  Is  fastened  to  cross  Top 
Rail  (iee  Fig.  II)  so  that  galvanized  iron  door  will  just  clear  it 
nicelv  when  raised.  C— Top  Rail  Vs  of  an  inch  x  2  x  12  inches. 
Trigger  (B)  is  to  be  attached  to  this  Rail.  D  and  E — Front  and 
back  of  nest — duplicates;  12H  inches  wide  x  lOJi  inches  high. 
Bottom  Rail.  Va  of  an  inch  x  3  x  12K  inches.  Top  Rail,  Ji  of  an 
inch  \  IM  X  12  J^  inches.  Side  Rail,  fi  of  an  inch  x  2  x  6  H  inches. 
Strips  are  %,x  Ji  of  an  inch  x  10?i  inches.  Back  of  nest  can  be 
made  solid  if  desired.  F  and  I — Sides  of  nest  each  Vs  of  J 
101^ -v  20  V5  inches.  G— Bottom  of  nest  or  flc 
X  12^  X  20M  inches.  H— Strip  K  of  an  inch 
Used  mid-way  between  front  and  back  of  nest  to  hold  nest  material 
m  place.  See  Figs.  II  and  III,  next  page,  for  construction  of  nest 
and  nest  in  use. 

The  farmer,  therefore,  who  prefers  to  allow  his  hens 
to  run  at  large  and  shift  for  themselves,  will  not  be  able 
to  double  the  egg  yield  of  his  flock,  unless  he  is  willing 
to  adopt  a  different  and  better  method  of  keeping  poultry. 
Fowls  running  at  large  on  the  average  farm  are  profitable 
—no  doubt  of  that;  but  in  order  to  double  the  egg  yield 
and  thus  increase  the  profits  to  a  large  extent  the  poultry 
keeper  or  farmer-poultryman  will  find  it  necessary  to 
adopt  a  plan  that  will  enable  him  to  know  definitely  what 
results  are  being  secured  by  his  extra  efforts. 


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USE  OF  TRAP-NESTS. 

Showing  Leghorn  Hens  waiting  to  be  released  from  type  of 
Trap-Nest  used  in  Passageway  Poultry  House  on  Cyphers  Company 
Poultry  Farm. 


ENTERING  TRAP-NEST. 
Fig.  II — Shows  hen  entering  Trap-Nest  that  is  built  of  piec( 
shown  in  Fig.  I.     Near  side  of  Nest  Box  is  omitted  in  picture  t 
•use.    Letters  agree  with  Fig.  I. 


HOW  TO  GET  TWICE  AS  MANY  EGGS  FROM  THE  SAME  NUMBER  OF  HENS 

per  hen  in  one  year,  and  Rhode  Island  Reds  and  White 
Orpingtons  that  have  done  quite  as  well. 

Selection  of  the  best  individuals  will  help  a  great 
deal,  good  care  and  proper  feeding  are  necessary  and  com- 
fortable quarters  are  essential,  but  it  takes  the  trap-nest, 
to  "tell  the  story" — to  enable  the  owner  of  the  birds  or 
the  caretaker  to  find  out,  to  know  positively,  which  hens 
are  producing  the  most  eggs;  therefore,  we  are  presenting 
heresvith  illustrations  of  a  simple  style  of  trap-nest,  with 
dimensions  and  instructions  for  home  manufacture. 
There  are  a  dozen  or  more  trap-nests  on  the  market, 
most  of  them  selling  at  low  prices.  The  one  illustrated 
and  described  herewith  can  be  built  in  an  hour's  time 
by  any  person  who  is  handy  with  tools,  and  will  serve 
the  purpose  first-rate.  For  type  of  trap-nest  used  in 
long  passageway  poultry  houses  on  Cyphers  Company 
Poultry  Farm,  see  Cyphers  Company  Service  free  bulle- 
tins Nos.  17  and  18,  entitled  respectively  "Trap-nesting 
to  Increase  Egg  Production"  and  "Line  Breeding  to 
Increase  Egg  Production."  Full  liberty  is  hereby  given 
to  Cyphers  Company  customers  to  use  either  of  these 
trap-nests  in  any  number  desired. 

The  layers  that  are  to  be  trap-nested  should  be 
equipped  with  leg-bands,  each  band  bearing  a  different 
number.     These   bands   are   made   in   several   styles. 

There  should  be  about  three-fourths  as  many  trap- 
nests  as  there  are  layers — that  is,  for  eight  nr  ten  large- 
breed  hens  like  Brahmas,  Langshans,  Orpingtons,  Plymouth 
Rocks,  etc.,  we  would  recommend  six  to.  eight  nests 
to  the  breeding  pen,  or  eight  to  ten  nests  for  every  twelve 
to  fourteen  Leghorns. 

Despite  your  best  efforts,  and  even  if  a  nest  were 
provided  for  every  hen  in  the  pen  or  flock,  some  of  the 
pullets  or  hens  will  persist  in  laying  on  the  floor  of  the 
house  or  will  drop  some  of  their  eggs  on  the  roost  boards, 
or  out  in  the  yard.  This  is  inevitable,  and  such  eggs  should 
be  marked  "Not  trapped."  They  cannot  be  credited  to 
the  hen  or  hens  that  laid   them. 

Where  trap-nesting  is  practiced  the  layers  should  be 
released  and  the  eggs  marked  and  gathered  three  or  four 
times  daily,  especially  during  freezing  weather.  The 
hen  cannot  leave  the  nest  box  until  she  is  released.  There 
is  plenty  of  room  for  her  to  get  off  the  nest,  thus  saving 
the  egg  from  breakage,  and  there  also  is  plenty  of  air. 
At  the  time  the  hen  is  released  her  leg-band  number  is 
marked  on  the  egg,  also  the  date,  in  case  it  is  desired  to 
keep  track  of  the  freshness  of  the  egg.  The  eggs  are 
removed  from  the  nest  at  this  time  and  the  trap-door 
is  reset,  thus  placing  the  nest  box  in  readiness  for  the  next 
layer  that  desires  to  use  it.  And  this  is  al!  there  is  to  the 
operation.  By  this  simple  process,  however,  we  are  able 
to  learn  which  hens  are  laying  and  which  are  not;  also 
exactly  what  size  and  shape  of  egg  is  produced  by  eacli 
layer  in  the  trap-nested  flock ;  also  which  hens  lay  fertile 
eggs  and  which  lay  the  infertile  ones.        . 


According  to  the  United  States  census  of  1900,  the 
average  American  hen  twelve  yeafs  ago  laid  only  sixty- 
six  eggs  per  year — :and  this  was  not  at  all  bad,  when  we 
consider  the  indifferent  way  in  which  a  large  majority 
of  farm  fowls  are  kept  and  fed.  We  are  told  that  in  1910 
the  yearly  egg  yield  of  the  average  American  hen  had  been 
increased  to  eighty  eggs,  a  gain  of  fourteen  eggs  per  hen  per 
year  in  the  ten  years  between  1900  and  1910,  but  the  ofl5- 
cial  United  States  census  figures  covering  this  matter  have 
not  been  made  public  up  to  this  date,  December  i,  1911. 

We  should  judge  that  if  the  average  farm  hen  is 
■laying  eighty  eggs  per  year  at  the  present  time,  she  is 
doing  quite  well,  considering  the  average  conditions 
under  which  she  is  compelled  to  do  the  work.  Of  course 
this  average,  low  as  it  is,  is  helped  out  greatly  by  the 
pure-bred  poultry  now  found  on  many  farms  and  by  the 
good  laying  that  is  being  done  by  farm  fowls  that  are  well 
housed  and  that  receive  favorable  treatment. 

But  allowing  that  the  average  farm  flock  is  now  pro- 
ducing eighty  eggs  per  hen  per  year,  this  number  of  eggs 
can  easily  be  doubled — can  readily  be  increased  to  an 
average  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  eggs  per  hen  per  year 
for  the  twelve  months  of  heaviest  egg  production  in  the 
lifetime  of  each  layer,  i.  e.,  between  the  ages  of  six  months 
and  eighteen  months,  on  the  average.  Many  a  hen  in 
the  average  farm  flock  is  laying  less  than  eighty  eggs  per 
year — a  good  many  less.  ~Some  are  laying  less  than 
sixty  eggs,  others  less  than  forty  and  plenty  of  them  only 
twenty-five  to  thirty  eggs.  Testing  the  matter  will  prove 
this  surprising  statement  to  be  a  fact. 

In  starting  out  to  double  the  egg  yield  without  in- 
creasing the  number  of  layers,  we  should  provide  suitable 
quarters,  should  select  long-bodied,  deep-bodied  birds, 
should  use  pullets  and  yearling  hens,  should  feed  well  on 
egg-forming  foods,  and  should  adopt  some  simple  plan  of 
trap-nest  that  will  enable  us  to  "prove  up"  our  success — that 
will  make  it  possible  for  us  to  tell  which  layers  are  doing 
good  work  and  to  weed  out  the  drones,  the  poor  layers. 

Six  and  seven  years  ago  when  we  began  the  work  of 
establishing  heavy  egg-yield  strains  of  fowls  on  the  Cyphers 
Company  Poultry  Farm,  Elma,  N.  Y.,  (see  pages 
130  to  141,  inclusive,  this  catalogue)  we  were  surprised 
to  find  that  we  had  Leghorn  hens  in  our  flocks  that  laid 
less  than  ninety  eggs  each  per  year.  Barred  and  White 
Plymouth  Rocks  that  laid  less  than  eighty  eggs  each  per 
year,  and  White  Wyandottes  that  laid  less  than  seventy 
eggs  each  per  year — all  of  these  hens  being  less  than 
three  years  old  at  the  time.  And  the  original  stock  had 
been  purchased  from  some  of  the  foremost  poultrymen 
of  this  country. 

At  present,  after  five,  six  and  seven  years  of  special 
care  and  trap-nesting,  we  have  scores  of  Leghorns  with 
egg  records  ranging  from  200  to  251  eggs  per  hen,  have 
Barred  and  White  Rocks  vrith  records  of  200  to  236  eggs, 
have  White  Wyandottes  that  have  laid  200  to  237  eggs 


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CYPHERS  Incubator  Company  is  conducting  at  Elma,  N.  Y.,  a  suburb  of  Buffalo,  the  largest  and  best 
equipped  all-purpose  poultry  plant  in  the  world.  We  place  special  emphasis  on  the  term  "all- 
purpose."  On  this  farm  we  raise  chickens,  turkeys,  ducks  and  geese — everything  standard-bred,  no 
mongrels,  no  nondescripts.  June  30,  1911,  at  inventory  time,  there  were  more  than  11,000  head  of  poultry 
on  the  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm. 

All  work  on  this  fifty-acre  poultry  plant  is  done  with  some  definite  object  in  view.  Here  we  are  testing 
different  methods,  proving  or  disproving  different  theories  and  claims — weeding  out  the  worthless  and  holding 
fast  to  that  which  is  good.  And  this  work,  in  nine  cases  out  of  ten,  is  being  done  with  the  object  of  benefiting 
Cyphers  Company  customers — of  placing  them  in  a  position  to  attain  greater  success,  because  the  better  they 
are  able  to  do  and  the  larger  profits  they  are  able  to  make,  the  more  of  our  manufactures  they  will  need 
in  carrying  on  an  increased  business. 

By  "all-purpose"  is  meant  that  we  are  testing  and  proving  on  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm  practically 
every  popular  and  worth-while  branch  of  the  poultry  industry.  The  main  point  is  that  we  desire  to  be  in  a  posi- 
tion to  Icnow  what  we  are  about — to  be  able  to  instruct  and  advise  our  thousands  of  customers  on  the  basis 
of  actual  experience — on  the  solid  ground  of  proved  results.  That  is  why  we  call  our  poultry  plant  an  Experi- 
ment and  Demonstration  Poultry  Farm.  Here  we  test  and  prove  all  goods  of  our  manufacture,  but  what  is  of 
even  greater  importance,  on  this  fifty-acre  poultry  plant  which  has  cost  us  more  than  $50,000.00,  exclusive  of  the 
value  of  the  fowls  thereon,  we  are  testing  and  proving  the  methods  we  recommend  and  the  advice  we  give. 

This  is  not  strictly  a  commercial  poultry  plant.  It  is  not  conducted  with  the  object  of  seeing  how  much 
money  we  can  make  each  year  or  season  by  the  sale  of  poultry  and  eggs.  Yet  we  want  it  to  be  self-supporting 
and  mean  that  it  shall  be.  But  the  main  objects  of  conducting  this  poultry  establishment  are  as  here  stated. 
It  is  essentially  an  experiment  and  demonstration  poultry  farm,  and  the  chief  aim  is  to  find  out  for  ourselves 
"what  is  what"  in  the  profitable  production  of  poultry  and  eggs,  so  that  we  can  be  of  great  practical  service  to 
Cyphers  Company  customers. 

Three  Problems  of  Far-Reaching  Importance  to  Poultrymen 

FOR  TWELVE   YEARS   Cyphers  Incubator  Company    has    been    working    hard,    at   large   expense, 
trying  to  help  solve  three  problems  of  great  and  far- 
reaching  importance  to  the  Poultry  Industry  and 
to  individual  poultry  raisers.     These  problems  are: — 

First — How  to  reduce  the  enormous  loss  of  newly- 
hatched  chicks  that  is  caused  by  improper  feeding; 

Second — How  to  enable  poultry  raisers  to  produce 
the  best  broilers  and  roasters  in  the  least  time,  at 
lowest  cost; 

Third — How  to  increase  the  average  egg-yield 
per  hen  and  thus  add  greatly  to  the  profits  of  the 
poultrymen  and  to  the  sum  total  of  National  wealth. 

Every  year  in  this  broad  land  millions  of  eggs  are 
set  and  many  hundreds  of  thousands  of  chicks  are 
hatched,  but  who  can  tell  us  what  per  cent,  of  these 
chickens  are  raised  to  maturity?  One  thing  is  sure: 
If  the  census  takers  for  1910  had  reported  on  this 
death  rate,  on  this  enormous  national  loss,  the 
facts  would  have  been  astonishing.  And  this  great, 
but  needless,  waste  occurs  every  year  of  our  lives! 

THE  MAIN  CAUSE  of  this  country- wide  waste  in 
chick-life  is  the  very  general  practice  of  feeding  the 
chicks  wet  mashes,  sour  or  unclean  food  and  guess-work, 


TESTING  FOOD  VALUES. 
A  Nine  Pound  and  Four  Ounce  Barred  Plymouth  Rock  Capon 
on  the  Scales.      Produced  on  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm 
Summer  and  Fall  of  1911. 


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CYPHERS  POULTRY  FOODS-THEIR  VALUE  IN  PRACTICAL  RESULTS 


VIEWS  IN  CYPHERS  COMPANY'S  POULTRY  FOOD  MILL— FROM  PHOTOGRAPHS. 

Producing  Clean  and  Wholesome  Balanced-Ration,  Ready-Mixed  Poultry  Foods  that  are  Uniformly  Granulated  and  of  Exact 

Proportions  is  a  Complicated  Process — Far  more  than  the  average  Poultry  Man  or  Woman  would  imagine. 

coarse-grain  mixtures.  The  absolute  remedy  is  the  use  of  dry-grain,  well-granulated,  machinery-mixed 
chick  food,  composed  solely  of  sound,  wholesome  grains  that  are  rightly  batenced  to  supply  every  need,  every 
requirement  of  the  growing  chick — bone,  sinew,  flesh  and  feathers. 

Greatest  of  Modern  Discoveries  in  the  Poultry  Field 

Among  all  the  valuable  discoveries  made  in  behalf  of  poultry  keepers  during  the  last  dozen  years,  the  greatest 
in  vital  importance  is  the  use  of  dry-grain,  evenly  granulated,  properly-balanced  food  for  little  chicks  in 
place  of  the  raw  and  "cooked"  messes  and  the  coarse-grain,  irregular  mixtures  that  were  fed  to  chicks  "any  old 
way"  until  recent  years,  even  by  well-informed  poultry  raisers. 

Open-front  or  curtained  houses  for  adult  fowls,  thereby  doing  away  with  frosty  walls  and  moisture-soaked, 
disease-breeding  litter  was  a  valuable  discovery.  The  self-regulating  and  self-ventilating  type  of  brooding 
hover  without  central  heat  dome,  which  prevents  the  chicks  from  over  heating,  from  chilling  and  crowding 
and  from  breathing  vitiated  air  at  night — this  also  was  a  long  step  in  advance.  And  the  introduction  of 
hopper  -  feeding  for  adult  fowls  and  of  deep -litter  feeding  for  chicks  was  an  important  addition  to  the 
practical  knowledge  of  up-to-date  poultry  keepers. 

But  the  discovery  of  the  great  benefits  to  be  obtained  by  the  use  of  a  dry-grain,  well-granulated,  properly- 
balanced,  scientific  ration  for  little  chicks,  whether  hatched  in  incubators  or  by  hens,  was  by  long  odds  the 
most  valuable,  because  of  the  actual  saving  it  produces  for  each  individual  poultry  raiser  and  the  enormous 
annual  waste  it  is  certain  to  stop  as  soon  as  it  is  everywhere  adopted. 


Ml  \\s   i\    (  \i  HI  K^   COMPANY'S  POULTRY  FOOD  MILL— FROM  PHOTOGRAPHS. 

These  Sample  Pictures  Illustrate  the  Character  and  Amount  of  Machinery  Required  in  Manufacturing  The  Cyphers  Company's 

Sealed-Bag  Brand  of  Special  Purpose  Poultry  Foods — Foods  that  Positively  Will  Produce  20  to  50  per  cent. 

Better  Results  Than  Any  Other  Brand  on  the  American  Market. 


CYPHERS  POULTRY  FOODS— THEIR  VALUE  IN   PRACTICAL   RESULTS 


Roasting  Chickens  (Soft  Roasters)  Produced  on  Cyphers  Company  Poultr>'  Farm,  Season 

of  1911.     By  use  of  Cyphers  Company  Balanced-Ration  Poultry  Foods.     Birds 

were  killed  when  20  weeks  old  and  averaged  6  lbs.  each  dressed. 


The  Profitable  Produc- 
tion of  Broilers,  Soft 
Roasters,  etc. 

It  is  odd  how  little  we  know, 
as  a  general  rule,  of  what  other 
people  are  doing,  even  in  our 
own  line  of  trade  or  business. 
Keeping  abreast  of  the  time  is 
not  an  easy  task!  Doing  things 
"in  the  same  old  way"  becomes 
a  habit  with  most  of  us.  But  ii 
is  very  likely  to  be  a  costly  habit 
— because  of  losses  sustained, 
because  of  chances  missed,  be- 
cause of  wasted  energy,  because 
we  are  growing  older  one  day 
at  a  time. 

For  example,  take  this  matter  of  producing  choice  market  poultry — of  forcing  broilers,  or  of  developing 
soft-raeated,  plump,  yellow-skinned  roasting  chickens  for  the  table.  Are  you  sure.  Reader,  that  you  are  con- 
ducting your  poultry  work  in  the  best  way  for  your  own  profit? — that  you  are  feeding  your  chicks  and  fowls 
in  the  right  manner  and  feeding  the  right  ration?  If  you  are  not  sure  about  this,  would  it  not  be  a  good 
idea — a  safe  plan — to  try  our  method,  our  special  Fattening  Mash  just  once?  The  experiment  will  mean  far 
more  to  you  than  it  can  possibly  mean  to  us. 

By  adopting  our  method— hy  purchasing  one  single  bag  of  our  Sealed-Bag  Brand  Forcing  and  Fattening 
Food — you  get  the  full  benefit  of  our  twelve  years'  experience.  And  we  ask  j'ou  in  this  connection  to  remember 
that  we  have  spent  thousands  of  dollars  in  experiments,  have  paid  for  many  costly  analyses  of  grain  and  food 
formulas,  have  invented  and  patented  special  mixing  machinery,  have  established  a  $50,000.00  poultry  farm 
of  fifty  acres  in  extent  for  demonstration  work,  have  sent  men  to  foreign  countries  to  study  the  poultry  feed- 
ing problem,  and  last,  but  by  no  means  least,  have  erected  at  Chicago,  111.,  the  \yorld's  great  central  grain 
market,  the  largest,  best  equipped  and  most  modern  poultry  food  and  alfalfa  mill  in  existence. 

ALL  THIS  HAS  BEEN  DONE  IN  THE  BEST  INTERESTS  OF  OUR  CUSTOMERS.  Today  we  offer 
the  patrons  of  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  the  benefit  of  every  dollar  we  have  expended,  of  every  fact  we  have 
learned,  of  every  bit  of  knowledge  we  possess— f/ie  fruits  of  our  twelve  years  of  hard  work  in  this  import- 
ant field  of  investigation  and  progress.  That  is  what  a  Sealed  Bag  of  Cyphers  Poultry  Food  actually  con- 
tains— and  the  most  successful  poultry  raisers  in  America  have  found  it  out,  to  their  immediate  and  lasting 
profit.  If  you.  Reader,  are  going  into  any  branch  of  the  poultry  business,  go  in  right.  If  you  are  now  in  the 
business,  make  sure  that  you  are  up-to-date,  that  you  are  keeping  abreast  of  the  times,  that  you  are  using 
good  judgment  and 
doing  the  self-evi- 
dent things  which 
will  enable  you  to  get 
out  of  the  poultry  busi- 
ness all  there  is  in  it. 

TheAverageEgg 

Yield  of  Hens 

Can  and  Should 

Be  Doubled 

According  to  the 
census  of  1900  the  aver- 
age American  hen  laid 
only  sixty-six  eggs  per 
year.  What  the  average 
egg  yield  per  hen  was 
for  1910  no  one  can  tell 
until  the  complete  cen- 
sus figures  are  pub- 
lished. But  it  is  now 
a  well-known  fact  that 
a  pullet-hen  (a  hen  six 

tnpicrlntppn  mnntfic nlfl)  Barred  and  White  Plymouth  Rock  Capons  produced  on  Cvphers  Company  Poultry  Farm 

toeignteenmontnsoia;  ^^^.^^  ^g^^  j^^  ^^^^  ^j  Cvphers  Company  Sealed-Bag  Brand  Poultry  Foods. 

can  easily  be  brought  to  These  birds  at  7  M  to  8  months  old,  weighed  9  )^  to  1 1  lbs.  each. 


CYPHERS  POULTRY  FOODS— THEIR  VALUE  IN  PRACTICAL  RESULTS 


lay  twice  sixty-six  eggs  during  this  most  productive  period  of  her  life  and  it 
is  well  for  us  to  consider  what  it  would  mean  to  poultry  raisers  and  to  the 
National  wealth  of  the  country  if  an  average  of  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
two  eggs  per  hen  could  be  established  in  place  of  sixty-six  eggs  per  hen. 
Hon.  James  Wilson,  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C,  reported 
in  his  Ninth  Annual  Report  dated  November  22,  1905,  that  the  hens  of  the 
United  States  that  year  laid  twenty  billion  eggs.  This  enormous  produc- 
tion could  have  been  increased  at  least  one-half  by  special  care  and  feeding 
— the  result  being  an  enormous  addition  to  the  National  wealth  of  the 
country  and  a  great  increase  in  the  profits  of  poultry  keepers. 

CYPHERS  EGG-YIELD  MASH,  SHORT-CUT  ALFALFA  AND  HIGH 
PROTEIN  BEEF  SCRAP,  when  fed  according  to  the  few  and  simple  direc- 
tions found  in  our  booklet  "Foods  and  Feeding,"  will  positively  increase 
the  egg  yield  of  the  average  flock  of  hens  twenty-five  to  fifty  per  cent. 

These  food  products,  fed  as  we  direct,  have  never  failed  to  produce 
satisfactory  results  where  fowls  are  given  a  fair  chance  in  houses,  barns  or 
other  quarters  that  protect  them  to  a  reasonable  extent  on  stormy  days 
and  at  night.  We  do  not  warrant  our  foods  and  feeding  methods  to  make 
hens  lay  that  are  left  to  roost  in  trees  and  that  must  eat  snow,  for  example,  in 
placeof  having  water  supplied  them;  but  if  they  are  housed  in  ordinarily  com- 
fortable quarters  you  can  rely 
on  getting  one-fourth  to 
one- half  more  eggs  if  you 
use  Cyphers  Laying  Food, 
Green  Alfalfas  and  Beef  Scrap. 
In    many    cases    the    egg 

yield  has  been  more    than    .     Z^'"  °^  Roasting  Ducks  (Pekins)  pro- 
"        .  ,     ,       .^,  .     ^  ••    "  ••   (juced    on   Cyphers    Company     Poultry 

doubled  within  two  weeks   Farm,  1911.    Raised  on  Cyphers  Com- 
fimp  hii  the    iivp   nf  theve   pany  Foods.    Weight  of  pair  at  14  weeks 

lime  oytne  use  ot  tnese  o^  i2i,.|bs.    (Not  fattened.) 

v^  1  '  ■ -  foods.     Order  an  assortment 

/\  POULTRY  FARM  of  five  bags  (two  of  Laying,  two   of   Short-Cut  Alfalfa  and  one 

%  X  ^^  ,^  7^  of  Beef  Scrap)  and  test  our  claims. 

W  PRIMES  ROA  Figure  up  what  this  increase  will  mean  to   you  in   the  fall, 

winter  and  early  spring  when  eggs  are  most  in  demand — when 
prices  are  highest  and  the  profits  largest.  Consider  also  what 
it  will  mean  to  the  Poultry  Industry  when  enterprising,  progres- 
sive poultrymen  and  women  by  the  use  of  reliable,  guaranteed 
methods  are  able  to  add  ten  billion  eggs  to  the  annual  production 
of  the  American  hen  !  The  increase  in  National  wealth  will  be 
something  enormous,  and  the  much  greater  profits  to  poultry 
raisers  are  well  worth  striving  for. 
CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY  is  doing  its  share  to 
help  bring  about  this  great  increase.  Are  you.  Reader,  doing 
yours  ?  Our  interests  are  practically  the  same.  The  Poultry 
Industry  of  which  we  form  a  part  is  no  longer  a  small  and 
insignificant  affair.  Today  it  is  of  immense  proportions  and  is 
worthy  of  our  best  thought  and  efforts.  Furthermore,  it  is  highly 
profitable  if  gone  at  in  the  right  manner.  We  are  doing  our 
best  to  help  point  the  way. 

More  Than  $250,000  Worth  Used  Last  Season 

Last  year  down-to-date  poultry  raisers  of  the  United  States, 
Canada,  Mexico,  Europe,  South  America  and  South  Africa  used 
more  than  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars  worth  of  Cyphers 
Sealed-Bag  Poultry  Foods  and  Alfalfa  Products.  During  1912 
they  will  use  still  larger  quantities.  And  these  successful,  pro- 
gressive, wide-awake  poultry  men  and  poultrj'  women  have  not 
hesitated  to  tell  others  the  good  news  !  Brief  extracts  from  their 
letters  of  endorsement  will  be  found  scattered  through  the  pages 
of  this  catalogue.  On  pages  125,  126  and  127,  are  quite  a  num- 
ber of  reports  of  this  kind  selected  from  the  many  we  received. 

We  ask  you  to  read  what  these  customers  say,  many  of  whom 
have  been  using  our  poultry  foods  exclusively  for  years.    They 

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PREMIUM-PRICE  POULTRY 
Fancy    Prime    Roaster  produced    on  Cyphers 
Company  Poultry  Farm,  1911,  bv  use  of  Cyphers 
Company  Sealed-Bag  Brand   Poultry    Foods. 
Weight  (dressed)  6  lbs.  at  20  weeks  old. 


CYPHERS  COMPANY 
POULTRY  FARM 

FANCY 
PRIME  ROASTER 


READY  FOR   PACKING 

Fancy  Prime  Roaster  Produced  on  Cyphers  Com- 
pany Poultry  Farm,  Wrapped  and  Ready  for  Pack- 
ing in  Special  Carton  on  which  it  rested  when 
photograph  was  made. 


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know  !  They  have  paid 
the  price,  used  the 
goods,  watched  the 
results,    benefited  by 

the  difference  in  value 
— therefore  their  signed 
and  dated  statements 
of  fact  should  carry 
weight,  should  con- 
vince you  that  there  is 
truth  in  what  we  say,  in 
our  strong  claims  of 
merit  and  superi- 
ority. Cyphers  Ready- 
Mixed,  Sealed-Bag  Poultry  Foods  cost  a  few  cents  more  per  bag  than  do  the  ordinary  brands  sold  in  bulk  or  in 
unsealed  bags,  but  the  difference  in  value  is  there  every  time.  What  our  customers  have  said  has  convinced 
us  that  there  is  no  other  brand  of  poultry  foods  on  the  American  market  at  the  present  time  that  comes 
within  twenty  to  forty  per  cent,  of  equalling  the  Cyphers  Poultry  Foods  in  feeding  value  and  inpractical  results. 

The  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Foods  are  Guaranteed  by  Us 

CYPHERS  POULTRY  FOODS,  as  they  exist  today,  are  the  result  of  years  of  careful  investigation  on  the 
part  of  men  whohave  gathered  the  world's  best  knowledge  on  the  value  of  food  stuffs — who  have  studied  the 
science  of  feeding  domestic  fowls,  and  have  applied  this  information  to  the  practical,  every-day  needs  of 
poultry  raisers  in  all  branches  of  the  industry.  This  work  has  been  faithfully  performed,  our  customers 
have  testified  to  its  success,  and  we  hereby  assure  them  that  the  quality  of  these  foods  will  not  be 
allowed  to  deteriorate,  regardless  of  competition  in  the  form  of  inferior  foods  sold  at  lower  prices. 

We  grind,  mix,  sack  and  seal  all  Cyphers  Poultry  Foods  and  guarantee  them  to  consist  of  sound  and  whole- 
some grains.  No  weed  seeds,  by-products  or  inferior  materials  of  any  kind  are  used  in  their 
manufacture.  As  a  word  of  warning,  let  us  state  in  this  connection  that  the  ordinary  miller  positively  cannot 
duplicate  these  balanced-ration,  machinery  -  mixed  poultry  foods.  This  is  true,  first,  because  he  does  not  possess 
the  special  knowledge;  second,  he  does  not  have  the  necessary  machinery. 

Owning  our  own  mill,  the  most  complete  in  the  world,  and  buying  our  grains  solely  for  the  purpose 
of  making  poultry  foods,  we  are  in  a  position,  on  the  authority  of  expert  analyses  and  repeated  experiments, 
to  guarantee  all  Cyphers  Brand  Poultry  Foods  to  be  sound  and  wholesome  and  to  contain  the  proper 
ingredients  in  the  right  proportions  to  accomplish  the  results  for  which  they  are  recommended. 

Remember  that  our  foods  are  twelve  years  tested.  When  you  buy  and  use  them  you  take  no  chances. 
Look  for  the  Cyphers  trade  mark  !  Demand  the  sealed  bags.  Accept  no  substitute  as  being  "just  as  good." 
If  you  pay  for  the  genuine  article,  see  that  you  get  it. 

Our  Book  No.  8,  "Profitable  Poultry  Feeding,"   Free  to  Customers 

_  TO  EVERY  PURCHASER  of  Cyphers  Poultry  Foods  it  is  our  practice  to  supply  free  a  sixteen-page  booklet 
entitled  "Foods  and  Feeding,"  which  gives  definite  information  on  how  to  use  Cyphers  Poultry  Foods.  Additional 
to  this  (for  the  season  of  1911-1912)  we  shall  give  to  every  customer  who  buys  a  100-pound  bag  of  Cyphers 
Chick,  Developing,  Fattening,  Growing,  Fertile  Egg,  Laying  or  Scratching  Food,  a  copy  of  Book  No.  8  of  the 
Cyphers  Series  on  Practical  Poultry  Keeping,  entitled  "Profitable  Poultry'  Feeding,"  a  book  of  sixty-four  large  pages 

that  contains  much  valuable  information  on  the  most  suc- 
cessful methods  of  poultry  feeding,  both  for  chicks 

and  adults.     Only  one  copy  sent  to  each  customer      Ask 

for  your  copy  when  you  send  in  your  first  order 

^  DLIRING    1912  we  shall    give    away    thousands  of 

copies  of  this    book  so  that    every    Cyphers    Compan\ 

poultry,  food  customer   will  be  sure  to  profit    b\    the 

timely  _  and    important    information  it  contains.       Read 

ing  this  book  will  help  you  to  raise  a  larger  percentage 

of    the   chicks   you     hatch,    will     ensure     more     rapid 

growth,    will    give    you  a  greater  egg  yield,  and    ^\lll 

enable  you   to  secure  these  results  at  less  cost  for  feed 

and  labor,  thereby  reducing  the  work  necessary  to  be 

done  in  the  care  of  chicks  and   fowls  and   increasing 

your  profits  therefrom. 

Moreover,  we  look  at  it  in  this  way:     If  you  buy  a 

100-pound  bag  of  our  poultry  foods  (any  kind)  and  use 

it  as  we  recommend,  this  will  place  you  in  a  position 

to  compare  the  article  itself  with  other  brands  on  the 

market,  also  to  test  the  actual  results  obtainable  by  the 

use  of  our  foods  and  our  methods— icfticft  cannot  fail 

to  be  to  our  mutual  advantage. 

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Cyphers  Chick  Food 


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sale      of      granulated,      dry- 
grain    food    for    little    chicks. 
Our     lirand     of     chick     food 
has    been    in    successful    use 
twelve  years  1      We  sell  mil- 
lions of  pounds  of  it  every 
season.        Each    spring    and 
summer  a  rapidly  increasing 
number   of   experienced,    suc- 
cessful poultry  raisers  use  no 
other    grain    food    for    their 
small  chicks.    Year  after  year 
the     same     customers     buy 
and   use  it  Ijecause  they  get 
unequalled       results       and 
have  found  they  can  rely  on  its   uniform  quality.     All 
chicks  produced  on  the  Cyphers  Company  $50,000  poultry 
farm  are  fed  this  food  and  we  grow  them  every    year  by 


the 


ids. 


CYPHERS  CHICK  FOOD  consists  of  six  different 
grains  and  is  a  properly-balanced,  long-tested,  scien- 
tific ration.  It  is  a  complete  food  for  young  chicks — 
no  other  grain  ration  being  reciuired  or  advisable.  This 
food  is  guaranteed  by  us  to  be  composed  entirely  of  sound 
and  wholesome  grains — no  weed  seeds,  no  by-products, 
no  waste  materials,  no  grit.  It  is  granulated  and  mixed 
by  special,  patented  machinery  and  is  always  the  same — 
always   reliable. 


CYPHERS  CHICK  FOOD— the  genuine  article- 
is  put  up  in  sealed  bags  to  prevent  substitution  and 
to  protect  the  interests  of  thousands  of  earnest  men  and 
women  who  year  after  year  are  raising  chickens 
the  "Cyphers  Company  way." 

CYPHERS  CHICK  FOOD  is  sold  in  50  and  100 
pound,  tightly  woven  burlap  bags.  To  every  customer 
we  furnish  free,  postpaid,  full  directions  for  correct 
feeding.  A  lOO-pound  bag  will  feed  one  hundred  newly- 
hatched  chicks  the  first  four  weeks,  or  will  feed  fifty 
chicks  six  to  seven  weeks.  One  pound  of  this  balanced 
ration,  well  granulated  food  will  go  as  far  and  do  more 
good  than  two  pounds  of  ordinary  waste  product  "chicken 
feed."  It  is  always  ready  to  use — and  there  is  no  waste. 
It  preserves  perfect  chick  health — the  natural  state; 
it  insures  rapid  growth  and  is  equally  valuable  for 
hen  hatched  and  incubator  chicks. 

Prices  of  Cyphers  Chick  Food 
F.  O.  B.  Boston,  New  York  City,  Buffalo,  Chicago  and 
Kansas  City. 

50-lb.  bag $1.40 

100-lb.  bag 2.50 

F.  O.  B.  Oakland,  Cal. 

50-lb.  bag $1.65 

100-lb.  bag 3.00 

SPECIAL    PRICES   will    be    quoted    from    each    of 

our  six  places  of  business  on  five  and  ten  bag  lots,  also 

by    the    ton   and    for    assorted   orders,    including    foods. 

alfalfas  and  beef  scrap. 

Address  nearest' branch  house.     Sample  mailed  freo 

on  request. 


Cyphers  Developing  Food 


For  Promoting  the  Growth  of  Young  Stock.    A  Carefully  Balanced,  Dry  Grain  Ration, 
Prepared  Expressly  to  Follow  the  Use  of  Cyphers  Chick  Food 

S  ITS  NAME  IM- 
PLIES, this  is  a 
special   dry   grain 


A= 


aure  intended  for  prop- 
y  maturing  chicks 
alter  they  are  ready  to  be 
weaned  from  Chick  Food,  and 
to  carry  them  along  to  the 
age  when  it  is  desirable  to 
place  Scratching  and  Laying 
Mash  before  the  pullets. 

CYPHERS  DEVELOP- 
ING FOOD  is  properly  bal- 
anced to  supply  the  materials 
required  for  the  rapid  growth 
of  bone,  muscle  and  feath- 
ers. It  is  the  best  food  on 
the  market  for  developing 
>oung  stock  for  show  purposes  or  the  breeding 
pen,  both  in  size  and  plumage,  and  also  for  hastening 
the  growth  of  chickens  that  are  being  raised  for  market 
purposes. 

CYPHERS  DEVELOPING  FOOD  contains  a 
selected  variety  of  grains,  in  sizes  and  quantities 
exactly  suited  to  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  intended. 
It  insures  uniform  and  even  growth,  with  normal  health 
and  feathering.  During  the  period  when  the  chicks 
are  growing  rapidly  and  feathering  out  it  is  as  beneficial 
in  results  as  our  Chick  Food.  Should  be  fed  between 
the  ages  of  four   and   twelve  weeks. 

CYPHERS   DEVELOPING   FOOD   is   a   dry   grain 
mixture.     It   may   be   fed   from   hoppers   if   desired,    but 
nd  that  for  best  results  it  be  scattered  broad 


cast  or  in  litter  so  that  the  sturdy,  active  chicks  can 
work  for  it,  as  exercise  is  required  to  aid  normal  diges- 
tion and  promote  health.  Developing  Food  should  be  fed 
three  times  a  day  in  deep  litter,  and  a  hopper  of  Cyphers 
Growing  Mash  should  be  kept  constantly  before  the 
gromng  stock.  See  that  they  are  supplied  also  with 
oyster  shell  and  grit. 

The  quality  of  the  poultry  meat  produced,  where 
Cyphers  Developing  Food  is  used  in  connection  with 
Cyphers  Growing  Mash,  will  be  found  to  be  much 
superior  to  that  of  ordinary  farm-fed  chickens,  and  the 
Cyphers-fed  specimens  will  be  as  plump  and  fat  as  it 
is  desirable  for  healthy  growing  chicks  to  become. 

CYPHERS  DEVELOPING  FOOD  is  sold  only  in 
SO  and  100  pound  sealed  bags,  bearing  the  Cyphers  Com- 
pany trade  mark  and  closed  with  a  Cyphers  lead  seal. 
Directions   for  feeding   supplied   free   to  every  customer. 

Prices  of  Cyphers  Developing  Food 

F.  O.  B.  Boston,  New  York  City,  Buffalo,  Chicago  and 

Kansas  City. 

50-lb.  bag $1.25 

100-lb.  bag 2.25 

F.  O.  B.  OaUand,  Cal. 

50-lb.  bag $1.50 

100-lb.  bag 2.75 


SPECIAL — Be  sure  to  read  ' 


SPECIAL  PRICES  will  be  quoted  from  each  of 
our  sbc  places  of  business  on  five  and  ten  bag  lots,  also 
by  the  ton  and  for  assorted  orders,  including  foods, 
alfalfas  and  beef  scrap. 

Address  nearest  branch  house.     Sample  mailed  free 
on  request. 
Assorted  Order**  notice,  sec  page  153. 

120 


Cyphers  Fattening  Mash 

Specially  Designed  to  Promote  Rapid  Formation  of  Flesh  in  the  Profitable  Production 
of  Broilers,  Roasters  and  Capons 

TO      SECURE        THE  by  poultry  experts,  by  men  who  have  studied  carefully 

HIGHEST      MAR-  the  exact  requirements  and  who  have  at  their  command 

K  E  T    PRICE    for  the  best  equipped  poultry  food  mill  in  the  world.      Cyphers 

tTATTf  MIMr  WA^Hl           dressed    or    live    poultry,    it  Fattening   Mash,  when   fed   according   to   our   directions, 

llnlitilNillU  nAliUJi           is     necessary     to     place     the  will  produce  results  that  cannot  be  obtained  by  any 

3^GS)    l^           fowls    on    the    market    in   an  other    method. 

attractive   condition   so   that  pQj^  ^^g  PROTECTION  of  our  customers  against 

>''"^^'l          'hey    will    possess    both    the  adulteration  or  substitution,  Cyphers  Fattening  Mash  is 

^l^^^^Ur^  ?*\           9"°  '  *     °"°     guan  i  y     ot  j.         -^^         ^^^  ^^^  pound  sealed  bags  only,  every  bag 

IQO^'V^BS    '•            meat  required   by  consumers  ^^^^.^^      „„,      registered      trade      mark.     Directions 

Z°  prices"for"'an   a?Ucle   of  '^'^  ^^'^'^'^^  ^'^  ^"PP"^^  ''"'  '°  '^^'^  ^^P'^^^^  C°'"P^"^ 

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I      BUFFALO,  N.Y..^                A    HEAVY    FOWL    is  Prices  of  Cyphers  Fattening  Mash 

J             U.  S.  A.      WSl          not   necessarily    up   to    these  „   „    „    „              »,        „    .    „.        „   „  ,       „.  . 

/                                 Mk       requirements.        The    weight  ''•  °-  «•  »°^"'°'   ^^w   York  C.ty.    Buffalo,    Chicago,   and 

^— !■■        may     be     made     up     chiefly  Kansas  City. 

of    bon(^(fte    frame    of    a  50-lb.  bag $1.25 

fowl  may  be  big,  but  it  may  carry  but  little  meat.     To  100-lb.  bag 2.25 

be  entitled  to  the  highest  market  price  the  fowl  must  be  p,  o.  B.  Oakland,  Cal. 

"finished;"  it  should  have  a  liberal  supply  of  soft,  tender  50-lb.  bafS                                                         $1  50 

meat  on  its   frame,   and   this  can   be  obtained   only   by  100-lb'  baS 275 

the  nnishing  or  fattening  process,  whether  the  fowl  is  ' 

intended  for  broiler,  roaster  or  capon.  SPECIAL    PRICES   will   be   quoted    from    each  of 

THERE   POSITIVELY   is   no   other   finishing   food  our  six  places  of  business  on  five  and  ten  bag  lots,  also 

on  the  American  market  that  is  worthy  to  be  compared  by  the    ton    and    for  assorted  orders,  including  foods, 

with  Cyphers  Fattening  Mash.     This  is  true  for  the  reason  alfalfas  and  beef  scrap. 

that  tills  composition,  like  all  other  Cyphers  brand  poultry  Address  nearest  branch  house.     Sample  mailed  free 

foods,  is  the  result  of  years  of  experience  and  is  prepared  on  request. 


Cyphers  Fertile-Egg  Mash 

A  Properly  Balanced,  Bulky  Mash,  the  Purpose  of  Which  is  to  Secure  the 
Maximum  Number  of  Fertile  Eggs 


E 


1  VERY  experienced  poul- 
tryman  realizes  that  in 
addition  to  proper  care 
and  management,  intelligent 
feeding  is  necessary,  if  he  is  to 
secure  from  his  fowls  the  maxi- 
mum number  of  strongly  fer- 
tile eggs.  To  secure  a  large 
number  of  eggs  is  one  thing — 
to  have  these  eggs  well-ferti- 
lized and  rich  in  chick-forming 
materials  is  a  different  matter. 
Cyphers  Laying  Mash  is  meant 
to  increase  the  yield  o'f  eggs, 
regardless  of  whether  they  are 
/  u.  3   A  to  be  marketed  as  "sterile"  or 

''-'-"■  'nil II  MiiiV"-'*   ^        germless"   or  are  to  be  pro- 

duced   under   ordinary   condi- 

On  the- other  hand.  Cyphers  Fertile-Egg  Mash  has 
for  its  special  object  the  production  of  well-fertilized 
eggs  in  large  numbers — eggs  that  po.ssess  in  abundance,  also 
in  proper  proportions,  the  rich  materials  needed  to  develop 
and  feed  the  chick  embryo  so  that  the  chick  at  hatching 
time  will  be  large,  vigorous  and  in  perfect  health. 

Cyphers  Fertile-Egg  Mash,  therefore,  is  not  to  be 
fed  for  the  single  purpose  of  forcing  egg  production.  Its 
mission  is  to  aid  the  fowls  in  producing  the  maximum 
number  of  strongly  fertilized  eggs — the  largest 
number  of  such  eggs  that  a  fowl  can  produce  in  normal 
condition  and  still  remain  in  perfect  health. 


Fanciers  and  market  poultrymen  whose  aim  it  is  to 
secure  the  best  hatching  results  will  find  that  this  mash 
will  do  the  work — that  surprisingly  satisfactory  returns 
can  he  secured  by  its  use. 

Cyphers  Fertile-Egg  Mash  may  be  fed  dry  in  hoppers, 
keeping  a  supply  before  the  fowls  at  all  times,  or  can  be 
used  as  a  wet  mash,  feeding  it  in  this  form  once  a  day. 
Cyphers  Scratching  Food  thrown  in  deep  litter  to  keep 
the    fowls  busy,  should  be  used  also. 

Cyphers  Fertile-Egg  Mash  is  sold  only  in  50  and  100- 
lb.  sealed  bags,  bearing  the  Cyphers  Company  trade  mark 
and  closed  with  a  Cyphers  lead  seal.  Directions  for 
feeding  are  supplied  free  to  every  customer. 

Prices  of  Cyphers  Fertile-Egg  Mash 

F.  O.  B.  Boston,  New    York   City,  Buffalo,  Chicago,  and 

Kansas  City. 

50-lb.  bag $1.25 

100-lb.  bag 2.25  " 

F.  O.  B.  Oakland,  Cal. 

50-lb.  bag $1.50 

100-lb.  bag 2.75 

SPECIAL  PRICES  will  be  quoted  from  each  of 
our  six  places  of  business  on  five  and  ten  bag  lots,  also 
by  the  ton  and  for  assorted  orders,  including  foods, 
alfalfas  and  beef  scrap. 

Address  nearest  branch  house.  Sample  mailed  free 
on  request. 


SPECIAL— Be  sure  to  read  "Assorted  Order"  notice. 


153. 


Cyphers  Laying  Mash 


A  Balanced  Ration  of  Ground  Grains  and  Blood  Meal,  Ready  Mixed  for  Hopper  Feeding. 
Promotes  Health — Increases  the  Egg  Yield 


mmmm 


100  ""^S*^  LBS. ; 

I  CyPHERS  INCUBATOR  £ 

BUFFALO  N.V. 
U  S.  A. 


flflK         returns 


E  POULTRY 
KEEPER  who  as  a 
rule  gets  the  poorest 
returns  from  his  hens  in  the 
shape  of  eggs  is  the  one  who 
thinks  that  all  they  need  is 
an  irregular  supply  of  wheat, 
corn,  oats  or  some  other  one 
grain.  To  secure  a  large  yield 
of  eggs  the  fowls  must  be 
given  an  ample  amount  of 
strongly  nutritious  food  that 
contains,  in  proper  propor- 
tions, all  the  materials 


_  eeded  for  egg    making. 

/  ^  It  was  with  the  object  of 

fc-  --   -■   .  ,..jg«B     supplying  these  materials  and 

thus  inducing  the  hens  to  lay 
more  eggs  that  Cyphers  Laying  Mash  was  developed, 
based  on  years  of  experimenting.  The  number  of 
eggs  that  are  laid  by  the  average  hen  may  be  said  to  pay  for 
the  cost  of  production;  the  additional  25  to  50  per  cent. 
that  can  be  obtained  by  proper  feeding  represents 
profit,  and  it  is  by  feeding  Cyphers  Company's  balanced- 
ration  Laying  Mash  that  these  additional,  profit- 
bringing  eggs  are  obtained. 

CYPHERS  LAYING  MASH  is  not  in  any  sense 
a  condiment  or  an  egg  stimulant.  On  the  contrary,  it 
is  strictly  A  FOOD— a  palatable,  highly  nutritious,  bal- 
anced egg  ration,  ready  mixed  for  the  daily  mash,  and 
is  manufactured  by  us  to  meet  the  demand  of  poultry- 
men,  who  as  a  result  of  unfavorable  experiences  with 
cheap  mash  foods  manufactured  from   by-products  and 


inferior  or  damaged  grain  have  learned  the  importance 
of  using  only  such  poultry  foods  as  are  produced 
from  perfectly  sound  grains. 

Poultrymen  who  wish  to  obtain  the  greatest  food 
value  for  their  money  will  realize  that  it  is  to  their  advan- 
tage to  buy  of  manufacturers  who  are  specialists  in  the 
production  of  poultry  foods  and  who  positively  guar- 
antee their  goods  under  seal.  We  ask  you  to  remember 
that  there  is  a  big  difference  between  poultry  foods  made 
up  of  the  leavings  and  sweepings  of  stock  food  and 
breakfast  food  manufactories,  and  the  whole  grains 
ground  specially  by  us  in  our  own  mill — a  mill  that  is 
devoted  exclusively  to  the  production  of  poultry  foods. 

FOR  THE  PROTECTION  of  our  customers  against 
adulteration  or  substitution.  Cyphers  Laying  Mash  is 
put  up  in  50  and  100  pound  sealed  bags  only,  every  bag 
bearing  our  registered  trade  mark.  Directions 
for  feeding  are  supplied  free  to  every  Cyphers  Company 
customer. 

Prices  of  Cyphers  Laying  Mash 

F.  O.  B.  Boston,  New    York    City,   Bufialo,  Chicago,  and 

Kansas  City. 

50-lb.  bag $1.25 

100-lb.   bag 2.25 

F.  O.  B.  Oakland,  Cal. 

50-lb.  bag $1.50 

100-lb.  bag 2.75 

SPECIAL    PRICES   will    be   quoted   from   each   of 

our  six  places  of  business  on  five  and  ten  bag  lots,  also 

by  the    ton    and    for  assorted  orders,  including    foods. 

alfalfas  and  beef  scrap. 

Address  nearest  branch  house.     Sample  mailed  free 

on  request. 


Cyphers  Growing  Mash 

An  Easily  Assimilated  Food  for  Hopper  Feeding.    Promotes  Rapid  Growth  of  Bone  and  Muscle 


D 


^RY  FEEDING  of  ground 
grains,  properly  balanced 
complish  definite 
results — using  rat -proof  food 
hoppers — is  a  practical  and 
economical  plan  for  feeding 
fowls  that  undoubtedly  has 
come  to  stay.  The  early  pre- 
judice against  "dry  feeding  by 
the  hopper  method"  is  rapidly 
giving  way,  because  poultry 
men  and  women  who  try  this 
plan  invariably  discover  that 
it  has  important  advantages. 

Dry  feeding  of  ground 
mixed  grains,  in  rat-proof  hop- 
pers, saves  labor,  saves  feed, 
and  by  this  method  the  fowls 
can  be  given  the  proper  proportions  of  different  food  values, 
whereas  if  permitted  to  select  their  choice  of  grains,  either 
whole  or  in  cracked  form,  they  will  eat  their  fill  of  what 
pleases  them,  whether  it  is  best  for  them  or  not.  For 
example,  the  average  fowl  will  eat  whole  corn  to  the 
entire  exclusion  ot  any  other  grain  or  food  mixture,  despite 
the  fact  that  corn  alone  is  not  sufficient  for  their  bodily 
requirements,   nor   as   an   egg-producing   food. 

We  recommend  that  a  hopper  of  Cyphers  Growing 
Mash  be  kept  constantly  before  the  young  stock.  They 
will  eat  only  such  quantities  as  they  require,  but  will  go 
to  this  food  frequently  and  its  ingredients  are  such  that 
the  birds  will  develop  rapidly,  at  the  same  time  continu- 
ing in  perfect  health.  This  food  contains  ingredients  not 
found  in  cracked  grain  mixtures — and  it  is  these  extra 
ingredients  that  fill  out  the  ration  and  produce  the  desired 
result  in  the  production  of  bone  and  muscle. 


It  should  be  remembered  that  when  the  object  is  to 
induce  the  rapidly  growing  birds  to  consume  the  maxi- 
mum amount  of  food,  a  variety  must  be  furnished.  It 
was  largely  for  this  reason  that  Cyphers  Growing  Mash 
was  placed  on  the  market.  We  strongly  recommend  the 
use  of  Growing  Mash  in  connection  with  our  Developing 
Food  until  the  chicks  are  three  months  old,  when  the  Deve- 
loping Food  should  be  replaced  by  Scratching  Food — both 
of  these  last  named  foods  to  be  fed  in  deep  litter. 

Cyphers  Growing  Mash  contains  no  by-products  or 
damaged  grains.  It  is  composed  exclusively  of  clean, 
sweet  materials — absolutely  nothing  else  enters  into  its 
composition.  The  results  to  be  secured  by  its  use  will 
please  you  and  prove  highly  profitable. 

Cyphers  Growing  Mash  is  fed  dry,  just  as  it  comes  to 
you;  therefore  much  labor  is  eliminated  and  the  danger 
of  sour  food  is  entirely  avoided.  Our  Growing  Mash 
is  sold  only  in  50  and  loo-lb.  sealed  bags,  bearing  the 
Cj'phers  Company  trade  mark  and  closed  with  a  Cyphers 
lead  seal.  Directions  for  feeding  are  supplied  free  to 
every  customer. 

Prices  of  Cyphers  Growing  Mash 

F.  O.  B.  Boston,  New    York    City,   Buffalo,  Chicago,  and 
Kansas  City. 

50-lb.  bag $1.25 

100-lb.  bag 2.25 

F.  O.  B.  Oakland,  Cal. 

50-lb.  bag $1.50 

100-lb.  bag 2.75 

SPECIAL  PRICES  will  be  quoted  from  each  of 
our  six  places  of  business  on  five  and  ten  bag  lots,  also 
bj'  the  ton  and  for  assorted  orders,  including  foods, 
alfalfas  and  beef  scrap. 

Address  nearest  branch  house.  Sample  mailed  free 
on  request. 


Cyphers  Scratching  Food 


An  Ideal  Dry  Grain  Mixture — Affords  Variety, 

SCRATCHING  FOOD 
fills  one  of  the  most 
important  require- 
ments  of  the  poultry  raiser  if 
correctly  prepared.  It  is 
not  sufficient  to  provide  grain 
to  be  thrown  into  the  litter  of 
a  "hen  house,"  even  if  in 
imitation  of  the  original 
Cyphers  Company  product 
it  happens  to  bear  the  name 
of  "scratching  food." 

A  Scratching  Food,  rightly 
made  up,  is  composed  of 
such  a  variety  of  grains, 
properly  balanced,  as  will 
meet  a  range  of  conditions 
extending  throughout  the 
year,  incliidini;  the  laying  and  breeding  season,  the 
moulting  period,  etc.  A  well  composed  Scratching  Food 
must  contain  an  attractive  variety  of  grains  such  as  will 
induce  the  fowls  to  scratch  for  more  and  keep  at  it. 
It  must  also  be  proportioned  to  meet  the  hen's  require- 
ments as  an  egg    machine. 

Such  is  CYPHERS  SCRATCHING  FOOD.  Exer- 
cise is  absolutely  necessary  to  promote  digestion,  main- 
tain health,  insure  a  continuous  egg  yield  and  produce 
fertile    eggs.      Remember  that  breeding  fowls  cannot 


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Promotes  Exercise,  Insures  Health  and  Vigor 

In  selecting  and  preparing  the  grains  and  seeds 
for  Cyphers  Scratching  Food  we  crack  or  cut  them  suffi- 
ciently small  so  that  the  fowls  will  have  to  work  to  find 
them  and  cannot  eat  the  food  all  out  of  the  litter 
in  a  few  minutes.  It  would  defeat  the  purpose  to  feed 
nothing  but  whole  grains.  While  we  leave  some  whole 
wheat  in  our  Scratching  Food,  together  with  whole  barley, 
buckwheat,  sunflower  seed,  etc.,  still  fully  three-fourths 
of  the  mixture  is  as  small  as  whole  wheat.  On  the  other 
hand,  we  screen  out  the  meal  and  by  this  means  avoid 

CYPHERS  SCRATCHING  FOOD  is  put  up  in 
50  and  100  pound  sealed  bags,  each  bag  bearing  our  trade 
mark.     Directions  for  feeding  are   mailed   free  to  every 

Prices  of  Cyphers  Scratching  Food 

F.  O.  B.   Boston,  New    York    City,  Buffalo,  Chicago,   and 
Kansas  City. 

50-lb.   bag $1.25 

100-lb.  bag 2.25 

F.  O.  B.  Oakland,  Cal. 

50-lb.  bag $1.50 

100-lb.  bag 2.75 

SPECIAL  PRICES  will  be  quoted  from  each  of 
our  six  places  of  business  on  five  and  ten  bag  lots,  also 
by  the  ton  and  for  assorted  orders,  including  foods, 
alfalfas  and  beef  scrap. 

Address  nearest  branch  house.  Sample  mailed  free 
on  request. 


Cyphers  Pigeon  Food 

A  Mixture  of  Properly  Seasoned  Grains,    Specially  Selected  for  Pigeons 


IN  COMPOUNDING  a 
food  for  pigeons  the 
proper  selection  of  var- 
ious grains  is  of  great 
importance.  The  peas  it 
contains  should  be  of  a 
certain  age.  The  wheat 
must  be  red,  never  white. 
The  proportions  of  millet, 
hemp-seed,  kaffir  corn  and  all 
other  materials  that  enter 
into  it  must  conform  to 
the  known  needs  of  the 
birds  and  be  absolutely  sweet 
and  free  from  mustiness. 

DURING  THE 

BREEDING  season  and 
when  squabs  are  to  be 
marketed  the  importance  of  a  correct  food  cannot  be 
over  estimated.  The  health  of  the  birds  and  the  rapid 
growth  and  weight  of  the  squabs  is  dependent  upon  it. 
Squab  raisers  need  to  use  every  possible  means  to  enable 
them  to  market  squabs  that  will  weigh  above  the 
average,  as  the  largest  profits  are  to  be  found  in  extra 
weight  over  and  above  the  standard  sizes.  It  costs  no 
more  to  use  a  food  that  will  produce  these  results 
than  it  does  to  travel  in  the  old  rut  of  haphazard  feeding. 
We  have  combined  in  CYPHERS  PIGEON  FOOD 
the   mo.'it   reliable  and   satisfactory   mixture   of   the   best 


grains  obtainable  for  this  purpose.  It  is  practically 
impossible  for  any  feeder  to  purchase  on  the  open  market 
materials  of  this  kind  and  quality  and  assemble  them 
in  the  proper  portions  at  as  low  a  price  as  we  offer 
our  sealed-bag  brand. 

CYPHERS  PIGEON  FOOD  is  pronounced  to  be 
indispensable  where  the  best  results  are  desired  and 
if  IS  used  extensively  in  lofts  where  the  birds  are  in 
the  healthiest  condition  and  the  output  of  squabs  is 
heaviest.  We  advise  that  CYPHERS  PIGEON  FOOD 
be  kept  before  the  birds  at  all  times  in  a  suitable  hopper, 
except  in  the  case  of  Homers  and  Flying  Tumblers  in 
training,  which  should  be  fed  at  stated  intervals,  as  this 
is  an  important  part  of  the  training. 

Prices  of  Cyphers  Pigeon  Food 

F.  O.  B.  Boston,  New    York   City,  Buffalo,  Chicago,  and 
Kansas  City. 

50-lb.  bag $1.50 

100-lb.  bag 2.75 

F.  O.  B.  Oakland,  Cal. 

50-lb.  bag $1.75 

100-lb.  bag 3.25 

SPECIAL    PRICES    will    be    quoted    from    each    of 

our  six  places  of  business  on  five  and  ten  bag  lots,  also 

by   the    ton    and    for    assorted   orders,    including   foods, 

alfalfas  and  beef  scrap. 

Address  nearest  branch  house.     Sample  mailed  free 

on  request. 


1,000  TO  1,500  CHICKENS  EACH  YEAR 

Pomfret  Center,  Conn.,  March  15.  19U. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo.  N.  Y .— 

Have  used  your  Chick  Food  for  five  years  and  consider  it 
the  best  feed  on  the  market  for  small  chicks.  It  is  clean,  free 
from  dirt,  pure  and  wholesome.  It  possesses  the  qualities  to 
insure  rapid  growth  of  the  chicks,  early  starting  of  the 
feathers  and  produces  plump  and  vigorous  bodies.  Each 
year  I  raise  from  a  thousand  to  fifteen  hundred  chickens  on  your 
Chick  Food  alone.  WALTER  E.  BROWN. 

SPECIAL — Be  sure  to  read  "Assorted  Order' 

m 


CHICKENS  ARE  JUST  CRAZY  FOR  THEM" 

Chippewa  Falls,  Wis.,  May  2, 


Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buff  all 

Send  me  as  soon  as  possible 
Cyphers  High  Protein  Beef  Sci 
Cyphers  Forcing  F      '      "'        '^ 


Therefore  I  ■ 


ther  hundred  pounds  of 

I  and  a  fifty-pound  bag  of 
Beef  Scraps  are  the  best  I  have 
put  them  in  the  hopper  the  chickens 
four  Chick  Food  cannot  be  beat. 
Cyphers  Forcing  Food. 

EDWARD  WILKOMMEN. 


notice,  see  page  153. 


Cyphers  Short-Cut  Alfalfa 

Guaranteed  95  Per  Cent.  Pure  Alfalfa.     Alfalfa  Possesses  From  14  to  17  Per  Cent. 

Protein,  Mangels,  1.5  Per  Cent.;   Grass,  6.65  Per  Cent.     Protein  is  the 

Most  Valuable  and  Most  Expensive  Element  in  All  Foods 

AMONG       GREEN  When  used  as  the  foundation  of  a  moist  mash,  our 

FOODS  for  domestic  SHORT-CUT  ALFALFA  is  mixed  dry  with  other  foods 

animals  and  for  poul-  and  is  then  scalded  or  boiled  with  them,  as  the  poultry- 

IQBT'-^ffiHf        try  during  the  seasons  of  the  man  desires.     When  fed   in  connection   witli   dry  grains 

_  —  .  .  nA«j         -^^''    ^^'hen    fresh    vegetation  it  should  be  scalded  in  a  trough  or  other  vessel  and  left 

^LFALFAS         cannot  be  had  Alfalfa  stands  for  the  fowls  to  eat  at  will. 

(SEiiEDBAGS)    ^         at  t he  top.     For  best  results  CYPHERS  FIELD-GREEN  ALFAI.FA  guaranteed 

in  the  growth  of  chicks  and  gs  per  cent,  pure,  is  put  up  in  50  and  100  pound  bags 

to    increase   winter   egg    pro-  every  bag  bearing  our  trade  mark  and  seal.     Directions 

duction,     a     vegetable     food  for  feeding  mailed  free  to  every  customer. 
mn^^^B'' TBC  SB        such     as     alfalfa     is     india-  _  ,  „      .  „,  „..,., 

iDa-*'tB&^       ^^^^^^i^  Prices  of  Cyphers  Short-Cut  Alfalfa 

irVDUCDf'njrilCIA'TnD  rn  ALFALFA     contains  F-  O.    B.    Boston,  New   York  City,  Buffalo,    Chicago    and 

fCTPHERS  INLUBATOR  a  ,„,, re  protein  than  any  other  Kansas  City. 

BUrrALDNY  ,,lant  in  general  use  as  food.  50-lb.    bag $1.15 

4       and    if    properly    cured    and  100-lb.   bag 2.00 

-^^      pure     it     is     cheaper.        In  F.  O.  B.  Oakland,  Cal. 

other  words  protein,  the  most  50-Ib.   bag $1.40 

valuable    "content"    of    poultry   foods,    when    bought    in  100-lb.   bag 2.50 

the  shape   of   alfalfa,    is    low   in  price;   but   the   alfalfa  SPECIAL    PRICES   will    be    quoted    from    each   of 

you   use   should   be   of   good   quality,  free  from   weeds,  our  six  places  of  business  on  five  and  ten  bag  lots,  also 

grasses,  etc.,  and  should  be  pea  green  when  moistened.  by  the  ton  and  for  assorted  orders,  including  foods  and 

Alfalfa  must   be   properly   cured   and   should   be   cut   or  beef  scrap. 

ground     immediately     thereafter,     otherwise    it     loses  Address  nearest   branch  house.     Sample  mailed  free 

much  of  its  nutritive  value.  on  request. 


Cyphers  Mealed  Alfalfa 


Guaranteed  95  Per  Cent.  Pure  Alfalfa.    Specially  Suited  to  Small  and  Growing  Chicks 


M 


'EALED   ALFALFA  is 
a  boon  to  poultrymen 
when    it    is    pure    in 
quality  and  properly  ground. 
We  say  this  advisedly  because 
there  are  a  number  of  brands 
on  the  market  sold  as  ground 
Alfalfa,    mealed    clover,    etc., 
that    arc      not    pure    alfalfa 
and  are  not  properly  mealed. 
This   is   true    because   it 
requires  special  machinery  to 
properly  grind  alfalfa  or  clover 
and    the    process    is    an    ex- 
pensive one.      These  tough, 
fibrous    plants    are    not    like 
grain;  they  cannot  be  ground 
in    an   ordinary   mill.     It   re- 
quired   six    years    of    costly 
experimenting    for    Cyphers    Incubator    Company    to 
develop  special  machinery  for  the  cutting,   mealing  and 
shredding  of  alfalfa. 

CYPHERS  FIELD-GREEN  MEALED  ALFALFA 
is  properly  ground  and  is  guaranteed  to  be  95  per  cent, 
pure  alfalfa.  Mealed  alfalfa  should  be  used  ,as  the  founda- 
tion of  mashes  for  poultry  of  all  ages,  but  it  is  especially 
valuable  (in  the  mealed  form)  for  young  chicks  on  account 


of  its  finely  pulverized  condition.  It  aids  digestion 
and  affords  bulk  to  grain  foods  which  are  often  too 
concentrated. 

If  more  alfalfa  meal  were  fed  to  young  chicks  there 
would  be  far  less  mortality,  and  this  applies  equally 
well  to  mature  fowls,  so  far  as  improving  their  general 
health  and  vigor  is  concerned.  Nothing  exists  in  the  way 
of  a  food  protMtct  that  is  of  greater  value  than  alfalfa 
to  increase    the  egg   yield   and  produces   fertile   eggs. 

CYPHERS  MEALED  ALFALFA  is  put  up  in  50 
and  100  pound  bags  bearing  our  trade  mark  and  seal. 
Directions  for  feeding  mailed   free   to  every  customer. 

Prices  of  Cyphers  Mealed  Alfalfa 

F.  O.  B.   Boston,    New  York    City,    Buffalo,  Chicago    and 
Kansas  City. 

50-lb.  bag $1.25 

100-lb.  bag 2.25 

F.  O.  B.  Oakland,  Cal. 

50-lb.  bag $1.50 

100-lb.  bag 2.75 

SPECIAL    PRICES   will    be    quoted    from    each   of 

our  six  places  of  business  on  five  and  ten  bag  lots,  also 

by    the    ton    and    for    assorted    orders,    including    foods 

and  beef  scrap. 

Address  nearest  branch   house.     Sample  mailed  free 

on  request;. 


"SIMPLICITY  OF  THE  METHOD" 

Canton,  Ohio,  January  3,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co..  Buffalo.  N.  V .— 

I  am  a  strong  advocate  of  Cyphers  Chick  Food  for  the  simple 
reason  that  I  have  raised  more  ana  better  chicks  by  feeding 
it  exclusively  from  the  first,  tfum  by  any  other  method. 
By  use  of  this  food  I  am  able  to  avoid  the  customary  chick 
ailments  and  can  readily  bring  my  stock  to  weigh  2  to  214  pounds 
at  eight  to  ten  weeks  old.  Coupling  these  results  with  the 
simplicity  of  the  method,  one  could  hardjy^  ask  for^  more. 


"RAISED  96  PER  CENT.  OF  ALL  CHICKS" 

North  New  Salem,  Mass.,  January  27,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co..  Buffalo.  N.  Y.— 

Have  used  several  different  brands  and  mixes  of  poultry  foods 
but  am  now  using  the  Cyphers  and  prefer  it  to  all  others.  Chicks 
eat  it  greedily  and  grow  better  and  faster  than  on  all  other 
foods  I  have  tried.  Have  raised  96  per  cent,  of  all  chicks  hatched 
by  the  use  of  your  foods,  and  my  Wliite  Rock  hen  with  a_  record 
of  si-vLty-one  eggs  in  sixty-five  days,  as  well  as  my  prize-winning 
birds  were  raised  on  Cyphers  Foods. 

RAY  L.  CHAMBERLIN. 


SPECIAL— Be  sure  to  read  ".Assorted  Order" 


page  253. 


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Fig.  I — This  Flock  of  Ducks  ' 


3  Reared  Withou 
:  beginning  of  thi 


High  Protein  Beef  Scrap 

A  Standard  Meat  Food  for  Poultry  of  All  Ages — Thousands  of  Tons  Used  Annually 

HIGH    PROTEIN    BEEF   SCRAP   is   an   especially  valuable   meat  food   for   poultry 
and   gives    very   satisfactory  results   when  fed    dry  from  a  food    hopper.      "Any 
kind"  of  beef  scrap  will   not  answer  for   poultry  feeding.      Poor   beef    scrap  scours 
the  birds  and   otherwise   injures   them.     Where  a  reliable  brand  of  beef  scrap  is  used  the 
results  are  uniYorm/!/ ffood. 

WE  GUARANTEE  our  brand  of  Beef  Scrap  to  be  the  best  on  the  market.  Cheap 
scrap  means  cheap  material  used  in  its  composition — means  low  feeding  value  and 
an  article  which,  if  fed  to  chicks  or  ducklings,  may  cause  exceedingly  harmful  results.  A 
trial  will  convince  you  of  the  superiority  of  our  HIGH  PROTEIN  BEEF  SCRAP 
Two-ounce    sample     package     mailed    free    on    request.     Address    our   place   of   business 

THE  TWO  FLOCKS  of  ducks  illustrated  on  this  page  show  the  value  of  beef  scrap 
as  a  poultry  food.  Figure  I  shows  a  flock  of  duck"  that  was  reared  without  meat  food. 
Figure  II  shows  a  flock  of  ducks  that  was  reared  under  the  same  conditions,  except  that 
these  ducks  were  fed  a  ration  of  HIGH  PROTEIN  BEEF  SCRAP  from  the  start. 
At  the  beginning  of  this  test  the  number  and  size  of  the  duckhngs  in  each  flock  were  the 
same. 

Prices  of  High  Protein  Beef  Scrap 

Please  address  nearest  branch  house  (Buffalo,  Boston,  New  York,  Chicago,  Kansas  City  or  Oakland)  for  current 
prices  of  Beef  Scrap.  Prices  vary  twenty-five  to  fifty  cents  per  loo  pounds  at  the  different  points  on  account  of  the 
cost  of  freight  and  storage. 

SPECIAL  PRICES  can  be  quoted  from  each  of  our  six  places  of  business  on  five  and  ten  bag  lots,  or  by  the  ton 
and  for  assorted  orders    including  beef  scrap,  foods  and  alfalfa. 


ighProtei 

toSCRAP 

PouilRY 


Sample  Reports — Cyphers  Poultry  Foods 


Cyphers  In 


1  HAVE  LOST  FEWER  CHICKS" 

Broadview,  Mont..  March  3,  1911 
■Co..  Buffalo.  N.  ¥.— 


As  for  your  Chick  Food,  I  have  used  it  for  over  two  years  and 
have  raised  over  a  thousand  birds  on  it,  and  it  is  the  best 
food  I  have  found  vet.  It  is  clean  and  sweet,  free  from  any  wa.=ite 
and  the  chicks  eat  every  particle  of  it  and  come  out  with 
well  developed  bodies — plump  and  feathered  out  well,  and 
I  ha\i  lo  t  fewir  clink  from  Cypher^  Chick  Food  than  from  any 
otlier  I  hi\e  tried  J    D.  HIRST. 


"CAN  USE  LETTER  AS  TESTIMONIAL" 

Rockville  Center,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.,  March  2.  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo.  N.  Y. — 

/  have  raised  about  1,500  chicks  September,  1910,  to 
February,  1011,  feeding  nothing  else  but  your  Chick  Food  and 
I  want  to  tell  you  about  it.  I  tried  another  brand  of  chick  food, 
only  to  return  it.  There  is  nothing  to  equal  your  Chick  Food 
and  your  Developing  Food.  Chicks  fed  on  it  are  healthy  and 
plump,  are  well  covered  with  feathers  and  turn  out  better 
than  if  given  some  other  food  claimed  to  be  '*just  as  good." 
This  I  know  from  personal  experience.  Have  found  your  Sealed- 
Bag  Brand  of  Chick  and  Developing  Foods  absolutely  free  from 
dirt  or  waste  material  and  sweet  to  the  last  morsel.  You  can  use 
this  letter  as  a  testimonial. 

CLEARVIEW  POULTRY  FARM, 

W.  O.  Krope,  Supt. 


"ABLE  TO  RAISE  97  PER  CENT." 

Weirsdale,  Fla.,  July  17,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

-  ;  I  have  used  your  No.  3  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator  and  your 
Outdoor  Brooders  this  season  and  feel  that  they  cannot  be  spoken 
of  too  highly.  The  regulation  is  perfect.  Have  repeatedly 
hatched  95  per  cent,  of  the  fertile  eggs  and  always  got  big, 
strong  chicks.  My  last  hatch  gave  me  351  fine  chicks  from  360 
fertile  eggs.  By  the  use  of  Cyphers  Brooders,  also  your  Chick 
Food,  which  I  use  exclusively,  I  have  been  able  to  raise  97 
per  cent,  of  my  chicks.  I  am  more  than  pleased  with  your 
goods,  including  Incubators.  Brooders,  Foods  and  Supplies,  and 
expect  to  install  a  mammoth  machine  of  your  make  in  the  near 
future.  Yours  truly, 

HUGO  EBY. 


SAMPLE  REPORTS— CYPHERS  COMPANY  POULTRY  FOODS 


"GROW  FASTER  AND  LAY  MORE  EGGS" 

Lake  View,  Me.,  November  16,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

Have  used  large  quantities  of  your  prepared,  balanced-ration 
Poultry  Foods  and  consider  them  the  best  on  the  market. 
Have  given  your  various  foods  a  thorough  test  alongside  of 
other  brands  and  find  yours  far  superior  to  any  other.  There 
being  no  waste  to  it  makes  it  go  much  farther  than  other  foods 
and  pullets  fed  on  Cyphers  Scratching,  Developing  and  Forcing 
Foods  grow  faster  and  lay  more  eggs  than  when  fed  on  other 
commercial  foods  or  on  home-made  mixtures. 

In   our  opinion   you    manufacture   the  best    Incubators  and 
Brooders  on  the  market  today.       Have  used  numerous  poultry 
supplies  made  by  you  and  they  have  given  complete  satisfaction. 
Yours  respectfully.  WALTER  COBB. 


IS  A  "FARMER'S  WIFE,"  NEVERTHELESS 

Griswold,  Iowa,  June  15.  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

During  my  experience  in  raising  poultry  I  have  tried  several 
brands  of  chick  food  and  other  poultry  foods,  but  never  have 
found  any  that  equals  the  Cyphers.  Have  found  it  one  of  the  most 
valuable  preparations  on  the  market  today.  I  cheerfully  recom- 
mend your  Foods.  Being  a  farmer's  wife,  I  nevertheless  con- 
sider Cyphers  Ready-Mixed  Foods  cheaper  than  we  can 
grow  them,  judged  by  results.  I  breed  R.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds 
that  win  for  my  Customers.  As  Chicks  they  are  all  raised  on 
your  brand  of  Chick  Food.  MRS  ANNA  M.  LEMBKE,  Prop. 
Pleasant  View  Poultry  Farm. 

FOUR  MONTHS  OLD;     WEIGHT  fA   LBS. 

CALDER'S  POULTRY  YARDS 

Kellerstrass  Strain  Crystal  White  Orpingtons  and  S.   C.   Rhode 

Island  Reds 

Fairbury,  Neb.,  July  17,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

We  are  much  pleased  with  the  No.  3  Incubator  we  bought  of 
you  this  spring.  We  have  tried  many  other  makes,  but  none  of 
them  filled  the  bill.  With  the  Cyphers  Incubator  we  have  had  no 
trouble  at  all  to  hatch  good,  healthy,  vigorous  chicks.  It 
is  very  economical  in  the  consumption  of  oil,  using  only  a  little 
more  per  twenty-four  hours  than  a  120-egg  machine  of  another 
make.     We  consider  it  the  best  incubator  made. 

We  use  your  Balanced-ration  Poultry  Foods  to  raise  our 
chicks  and  it  excels  all  other  foods  we  have  tried.  We  have 
proved  this  to  our  own  satisfaction  by  actual  test.  We  breed 
and  exhibit  S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds  and  S.  C.  White  Orpingtons. 
We  have  White  Orpingtons  four  months  old  that  weigh  over 
four  and  a  half  pounds  that  are  being  raised  on  your  foods 
entirely.  This  proves  what  the  Cyphers  Poultry  Foods  will  do. 
Yours  very  truly.         C.4LDER  BROS. 


NINETEEN  WEEKS  OLD;  WEIGHT,  7  LBS. 

Mansfield,  Mass.,  August  19,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

I  enclose  some  views  of  some  of  my  Lily  White  Strain  of 
White  Plymouth  Rocks.  These  birds  were  hatched  in  a  Cyphers 
Incubator,  raised  in  a  Cyphers  Brooder  and  fed  your  Chick  Food 
and  Beef  Scraps.  My  birds  did  well  on  your  Chick  Food  and 
developed  rapidly.  Some  of  the  cockerels  weighed  seven  pounds 
at  four  and  one-half  months.  H.  G.  WEBSTER. 


Sample  of  Round  -  Bodied.  FuU- 
Meated  Chick  Raised  on  Cyphers  Co's 
Dry-Grain  Balanced  Rations.  Weight, 
3  lbs.  at  10  weeks  old. 


"WEED    SEEDS 

GAVE     THEM 

DIARRHOEA" 

Healdsburg.  Cal., 

July  9,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co., 
Buffalo,  N.  ¥.— 
About  three  years 
ago  my  little  chicks  ate 
some  weed  seeds  that 
gave  them  diarrhoea. 
Knowing  from  experi- 
ence that  I  could  de- 
pend on  your  Chick 
Food  I  wrote  your 
Oakland  House  to  rush 
some  up  to  me — which 
they  did  without  loss 
of  time.  I  penned  up 
the  chicks,  fed  nothing 
but  Cyphers  Chick 
Food  and  short  -  cut 
clover  and  it  was  sur- 
prising how  soon  they 
began  to  improve,  and 
in  less  than  a  week 
were  on  the  high  road 
to  recovery.         Your 

Short-Cut  Alfalfa  and  Chick  Food  are  a  combination  hard  to  beat. 
Have  also  used  with  good  results  your  Forcing  Food  and 
Scratch  Food.  It  gives  me  pleasure  to  recommend  your  poultry 
foods  and  suppUes  to  people  who  want  reliable  goods. 

MRS.  S.  SWAYSGOOD. 


"USING  ONE  AND  ONE-HALF  TONS  EACH  MONTH." 

TOP  NOTCH  POULTRY  FARM 
Bred-To-Lay  S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds 

Elcho,  Wis.,  November  21,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

During  the  past  nine  years  we  have  used  your  Incubators, 
Poultry  Foods  and  Supplies  and  have  found  them  to  be  the  best 
goods  I  can  obtain  and  fully  up  to  all  your  representations. 

Five  per  cent,  will  cover  all  my  losses  after  chicks  are  hatched 
and  this  I  attribute  largely  to  the  excellence  of  your  Sealed- 
bag  Brand  Poultry  Foods,  though  of  course  I  know  that  chicks 
hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators  are  larger  and  stronger  than 
when  hatched  in  cheap,  crowded  affairs  known  as  incubators. 

Am  using  one  and  one-half  tons  of  your  poultry  foods 
each  month  on  Top  Notch  Farm,  and  while  the  first  cost  is  more 
than  most  other  brands.  I  consider  them  cheaper  in  the  end,  as 
there  is  no  waste,  all  grain  being  sweet  and  clean.  I  have  a 
fancy  trade  in  eggs,  getting  five  and  ten  cents  a  dozen  above  market 
prices,  because  my  customers  know  my  method  of  feeding  and 
that  my  hens  get  no  mouldy  or  dirty  food.  There  is  a  different 
taste  to  eggs  when  hens  are  fed  on  clean,  sweet  grains. 

Shall  want  more  of  your  Incubators  next  year,  as  I  have 
greatly  enlarged  my  plant.  I  also  wish  to  assure  you  of  my  appre- 
ciation of  your  courtesy  and  square  dealing  at  all  times. 


Yours  truly. 


mm^ 


White  Plymouth  Rocks  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubator,  raised 
in  Cyphers  Brooder,  and  fed  on  Cyphers  Foods.  Some  of  the 
cockerels  weighed  seven  and  one-half  pounds  at  four  and  one-half 
months.    Owned  by  H.  G.  Webster,  Mansfield  Mass. 


"LOST  FORTY  OF  THE  SIXTY  CHICKS" 

Kenwood  Park,  Iowa,  November  19,  1911. 
Cyplers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

It  gnes  me  pleasure  to  advise  you  that  I  have  used  the  dif- 
ferent kmds  of  Cyphers  Sealed-bag  Brand  Poultry  Foods  and  have 
found  them  to  be  the  best  at  any  price.  Last  spring  I  raised 
two  hundred  chicks  on  your  Chick  Food  exclusively  and  never 
lost  one  with  white  diarrhoea.  Later  I  had  a  hatch  of  sixty 
chicks  and  being  out  of  your  food  bought  a  different  kind  from  a 
local  merchant  and  lost  forty  of  the  sixty  chicks  with  bowel 
trouble.  Have  found  your  Forcing  and  Developing  Foods  to  be 
all  you  claim.  .,       „      ,.  j 

Also  used  your  Full-Nest  Egg  Food  and  it,  like  all  other  goods 
manufactured  by  you,  proved  entirely  satisfactory  and  I  got 
good  results  from  its  use.  I  have  found  your  company  fair 
in  all  its  dealings  with  me  and  you  always  seem  to  be  greaUy 

''TLBElTr%OLE. 


SAMPLE   REPORTS  — CYPHERS   COMPANY   POULTRY  FOODS 


NEIGHBORS  HAD  SAME  EXPERIENCE 

Marengo,  III.,  March  3,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  1  — 

I  have  fed  your  foods  for  young  cincks  the  last  five  years  and  I 
raise  six  or  seven  hundred  a  year.  Have  found  your  Chick  Food 
by  far  the  beat  for  young  chickens  that  I  ever  saw.  It  is  a 
balanced  ration — proved  so  by  test — and  after  my  personal  experi- 
ence I  would  not  try  to  raise  chicks  without  it.  A  number  of  times 
I  have  run  out  of  your  Chick  Food  and  for  a  few  days  would  feed 
some  other  brand,  but  the  chicks  would  begin  to  die.  but  were  all 
right  again  when  put  back  on  the  Cyphers  Food,  Others 
in  this  neighborhood  have  had  the  same  experience.  I  know 
something  about  feeding  live  stock  and  the  success  of  your  poultry 
foods  is  largely  due  to  the  high-class,  pure  grains  used  in  them. 
Have  been  a  poultry  breeder  and  fancier  thirty-one  years 
and  would  not  consider  a  poultry  plant  complete  without  a  supply 
of  your  Sealed-Bag  poultry  foods. 

GEO.  A.  CARMACK. 


"PLUMP-BODIED,     WELL-FEATHERED" 

West  "Alexander,  Pa.,  March  7,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  ¥.— 

For  six  years  we  have  used  your  Chick  Food  and  Developing 
Food.  Our  baby  chickens  do  so  well  on  these  foods  that  we  have 
converted  most  of  our  poultry  raising  neighbors  to  the 
"Cyphers  way."  Since  using  your  Chick  Food  our  little  chickens 
have  never  been  troubled  "with  white  diarrhoea.  Out  of  390 
chickens  last  spring  we  lost  only  twenty-nine  from  all  causes, 
including  accidents.  The  others  grew  up  into  plump-bodied, 
well- feathered  fowls.  The  pullets  laid  all  winter.  Most  of 
the  cockerels  went  to  market  and  brought  a  higher  price  than 
common  fowls,  because  of  their  plump  condition.  They  were 
fed  first,  Cyphers  Chick  Food,  then  your  Developing  Food,  finally 
your  Scratch  and  Laying  Foods — in  fact  outside  of  "green  stuff" 
they  were  Cyphers-fed  chickens  from  egg  to  maturity. 
Your  foods  are  all  sweet  and  clean  and  prove  to  be  exactly  what 
the  chicken  hkes — there  is  not  a  grain  wasted. 

F.  W.  DONALDSON. 

TWO  CYPHERS  FOOD  CAPONS;  WEIGHT,  27  LBS. 

O.  W.  HOUGHTON 
Breeder  of  Cycle  Strain  White  Wyandottes 

10  Marble  St..  Stoneham,  Mass. 
August,  16,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo.  N.  Y. 

I  can  heartily  recommend  the  Cyphers  Chick  Food  for  best 
feeding  results.  For  the  past  seven  years  J  have  been  favored 
with  first  and  second  prizes  for  single  cockerels  and  pens  at  the 
Brockton  Poultry  Show.  These  birds  were  hatched  in  Cyphers 
Incubators  and  raised  on  Cyphers  Poultry  Foods.  Find  here- 
with picture  of  first  prize  pen.  These  are  Cyphers  Poultry  Food 
stock.  Fourteen  weeks  ago  I  caponized  a  pair  of  birds  that 
weighed  five  pounds  each.  They  now  weigh  twenty -seven 
pounds  and  at  the  present  market  price  for  soft  roasters  would 
bring  a  total  of  $9.18  for  the  pair.  These  birds  were  fed  first 
to  last  on  Cyphers  Poultry  Foods. 


O.  W.  HOUGHTON. 


TWELVE  WEEKS 

OLD;     WEIGHT 

3  LBS.  5  OZS. 


Hu 


,  Mo., 


September  21,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co., 
Buffalo,  N.  F.— 
Enclosed  find  photo 
of  one  of  my  pens  of 
Crystal  White  Orping- 
tons— birds  that  were 
hatched  in  one  of  your 
No.  3  Incubators  and 
fed  from  first  to  last 
on  Cyphers  Chick 
Food,  Developing 
Food  and  Scratching 
Food.  At  twelve  weeks 
old  the  one  I  hold  in 
my  hands  weighed 
three  pounds  five 


thepu 


A  L  Billmgs  Hume  Mo  and  hig 
flock  of  C\  pher',  hatched  Cj  phers- 
brooded  and  C\  phers  fed  Crystal  White 
Orpmgtons  The  bird  held  by  Mr 
Billmgs  weighed  three  pounds  and  five 
ounces  when  twelve  weeks  old. 


months  old  were  laying. 

I  can  recommend  your 

Incubators  as  the  best 

in  the  world.  I  hatched 

from  84  to  97  per  cent. 

of   the  fertile  eggs.     I 

find    the    Cyphers 

Brooders  to  be  very  successful  and  recommend  them  in  preferen 

to  using  hens  ever>'  time. 

A.  L.  BILLINGS, 


"FAR  ABOVE  THEM   ALL" 

Toms  River,  N.  J.,  March  4,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.-~ 

I  have  used  Cyphers  Chick  Food  for  ten  years — the  same 
mth  your  High  Protein  Beef  Scrap.  Meantime,  have  tried  several 
other  brands,  but  have  found  the  "Cyphers"  far  above  them  all. 
With  your  Chick  Food  I  can  raise  95  per  cent,  of  all  I  can  hatch. 
Have  never  lost  a  chick  with  bowel  trouble  that  was  fed  exclusively 
on  your  food.  They  grow  extra  fast  and  feather  quick.  After 
my  long  experience  I  would  not  use  any  other  kind  of  chick  food. 
If  every  poultry  raiser  would  only  use  Cyphers  foods  they  would 
stay  in  the  business  longer  and  make  more  money.  Too 
often  they  adopt  a  poor  grade  of  feed  and  the  heavy  losses  dis- 
courage them  or  put  them  out  of  business.     Try  the  "Cyphers 


!  of  bu 

be  withou 


"MORTALITY  REDUCED  TO  THE  MINIMUM" 

Richards,  Mo.,  June  8,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y .— 

I  want  to  congratulate  you  on  the  excellence  of  your  Poultry 
Food  Products,  especially  on  Cyphers  Chick  Food  and  Cyphers 
Developing  Food.  /  firmly  believe  that  much  of  my  success 
in  bringing  my  birds  into  winning  condition  is  due  to  their 
rapid  and  correct  development  by  the  use  of  these  foods. 
Since  using  Cyphers  brand  Chick  Food  my  percentage  of  mortality 
imum.  M.  S.  BRADY. 


has  been  reduced  t 


Pen  of  White  Wyandottes  winning  first  at  Brocton  Show, 
hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubator  and  rai.sed  on  Cyphers  Foods. 
Owned  by  O.  W.  Houghton,  Stoneham,  Mass. 


"NEARLY  3,000  CHICKS— RESULTS  WONDERFUL" 

FRANK  M.  ROSS, 

Breeder  of  White  and  Barred  Plymouth  Rocks 

and  Rhode  Island  Reds. 

Kentland,  Ind.,  August  10,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

Have  operated  two  of  your  No.  3  Incubators  and  the  results 
have  been  even  more  than  we  hoped  for.  Hatches  have  been  large 
and  the  chicks  good  strong  ones — full  of  hfe  and  able  to  make  a 
fight  for  it.  After  taking  them  out  of  the  machines  I  placed 
them  in  your  Outdoor  Brooders,  fed  them  on  Cyphers  Chick 
Food,  and  the  results  were  wonderful.  I  raised  nearly 
three  thousand  chickens  this  year  from  these  two  machines,  and 
they  are  the  finest  lot  we  have  ever  had.  Your  Chick  Food 
is  the  cleanest  and  finest  that  I  have  ever  seen.  There  is  no 
stale  or  defective  grain  in  it.  If  even  a  beginner  uses  your 
Chick  Food  as  directed  by  you  he  cannot  fail  to  raise  better  and 
more  chickens.  FRANK  M.  ROSS. 


CHAPTER  II 

THE  200-EGG  PER  YEAR  HEN-HOW  TO  PRODUCE  HER 

Plan  Adopted  With  Success  by  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  in  Establishing 
Strains  of  200-Eggs  per  Year  Layers  of  Several  Popular  Varieties.  How  the 
Average  Egg  Yield  of  Any  Flock  of  Healthy,  Vigorous  Fowls  can  be  Increased 
50  to  100  per  cent.     Other  Ways  of  Making  a  Right  Start  and  Winning  Success 

(Copyright  January,  1912,  by  Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.) 


PERHAPS   this   cHapter   heading   would   better   ha\e 
been  "A2po-Efeg  Per  Year  Strain  of  Layers — How 
to   Produce '  It,'.'"  but   it   is  not  strictly   correct  to 
speak  of  a  strain  of  layers  as  a  "200-Egg  Per  Year  Strain," 
doing  so  on   the   ground   that  several   birds — or  a  good 
many   birds  of   the   strain — have  laid  200  or  more  eggs  in 
one  year's  time,  repeating 
this  performance  through 
several   generations. 

However,   it  will    be 

of   interest   and    help   to 

our    readers    to    be    told 

just  how  we  developed  a 

strain  of  White  Leghorns 

on    Cyphers    Company 

Poultry    Farm    that    has 

produced  166  hens  within 

the   last   three  years  that 

are    KNOWN     to    have 

laid    from    200    to     251 

eggs  apiece  within  twelve 

Hen  No.  361.  months    time.     And    this 

Laid  242  Eggs  in  One  Year.  number  of  hens,  166,  prob- 

Single  Comb  White  Leghorn  Hen    ably  represents  less  than 

with  whichthe  Cyphers  Company's    one-half  the  number  that 

S^teY-gM-inml^'^^'""^^    really   laid    200    eggs   per 

year  and  upwards. 

By  the  end  of  the  third  year  of   our   experiments  we 

were  able  to  trap-nest  less  than  one-half  the  total  number 

of  line-bred   specimens,   on  account   of   lack   of  room   in 

laying  houses  that  were  equipped  with  trap-nests. 

We  started  our  200-egg  White  Leghorn  strain  by 
purchasing  three  high-egg-record  hens  from  the  Utah 
Experiment  Station,  of  which  "Hen  No.  361,  Record 
I,"  illustrated  herewith  from  photograph,  was  the  best 
in  Leghorn  type  and  had  the  best  egg  record.  This 
hen,  at  the  Utah  Station,  during  her  year  of  heaviest 
egg  production,  laid  242  eggs — the  largest  number  of 
eggs  produced  by  a  single  specimen  of  any  breed  or  vari- 
ety at  that  station  up  to  that  date,  season  of  1904-1905. 
During  the  six  years  that  we  have  been  trap-nesting 
our  Leghorns  and  working  to  build  up  a  200-egg-per-year 
strain,  we  have  been  able  to  excel  the  work  of  this  hen 
only  four  times — three  times  during  the  season  of  1909- 
1910.  with  hens  Nos. 
"I-4462,"  "I-4470"  and 
"I-4499,"  each  of  which 
laid  248  eggs  in  trap- 
nests  within  365  days 
and  again  in  the  season 
of  1910-1911  (September 
I,  1910  to  August  31, 
1911  inclusive)  when 
hen  No.  "J-0687"  shown 
herewith,  laid  251  eggs, 
the  largest  number  pro- 
duced (laid  in  trap-nests) 
thus  far  on  Cyphers 
Company  Poultry  Farm, 
by  any  breed  or  variety. 
Numerous  other  White 
Leghorn  pullet-hens 
have  nearly  equalled 
these   performances. 


laying  237,  238,  241  eggs,  etc.,  but  up  to  the  present 
time  the  four  records  here  given  are  the  highest.  At  the 
close  of  the  season  of  1909-1910  we  had  sixty-seven  White 
Leghorn  hens  with  trap-nest  records  of  200  to  248  eggs, 
and  by  August  31,  1911,  this  number  had  been  increased 
to  166  hens,  the  high  record  being  251  eggs.  As  before 
stated,  the  number  of  such  hens  and  the  pullets  hatched 
from  their  eggs  soon  became  so  numerous  that  we  were  able 
to  trap-nest,  with  proper  care,  less  than  one-half  the  number. 
Last  season — 1910-191 1 — we  were  able  to  trap-nest  less  than 
one-third  the  number  on  hand,  on  account  of  lack  of 
trap-nesting  equipment  for  this  variety. 

At  the  same  time  we  were  trap-nesting  several  gen- 
erations of  Barred  and  White  Plymouth  Rocks,  White 
Wyandottes  and  Rhode  Island  Reds — also  six  pens  of 
White  Orpingtons,  birds  of  this  variety  imported  by  us 
from  England  in  the  fall  of  1910.  During  the  season  of 
1910-1911  we  trap-nested  140  Leghorn  females.  For 
1911-1912  we  have  facilities  to  trap-nest  210  Leghorns. 

There  are  two  ways  to  produce  a  200-egg-per-year- 
hen.  One  is  by  selecting  and  trap-nesting  your  own 
layers,  thus  building  up  a  heavy-laying  strain  based  on 
the  best  egg-producing  individuals  in  your  own  flocks; 
the  other  is  by  purchasing  high-egg-record  stock  to  use 
for  breeding  purposes,  or  day-old  chicks  or  hatching 
eggs  from  such  stock. 

When  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  decided  that  it 
wanted  to  develop  and  own  a  heavy  egg-yield  strain, 
we  felt  that  time  was  valuable,  therefore  we  looked  about 
for  a  reliable  source  from  which  to  obtain  "a  right  start" 
and  in  buying  "Hen  No.  361"  of  the  Utah  Experiment 
Station  we  saved  several  years  time.  This  company  has 
followed  the  same  course  with  the  other  breeds  and  varieties 
handled  on  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm,  doing  so 
in  every  case  where  we  were  able  to  buy  stock  or  eggs 
that  we  felt  sure  we  could  rely  upon. 

Many  poultrymen  who  have  strains  of  their  own 
and  who  would  like  to  increase  the  egg  yield,  can  readily 
do  so  by  trap-nesting  and  by  selection.  First,  install 
the  trap-nests  so  that  you  can  know  which  hens  are  laying 
the  most  eggs  for  you,  then  "put  under  trap-nest  test" 
only  the  specimens  that  are  best  in  shape  and  color  points 
— the  kind  nearest  to  standard  requirements  and  therefore 
believed  to  be  the  most  valuabl  e  as  breeders  or  otherwise. 


yfe»y 


No.  I — 4470.  No,  I — 4499. 

Laid  248  Eggs  in  One  Year.  Laid  248  Eggs  in  One  Year. 

THREE  RECORD  LAYERS— GREAT-GREAT-GRAND-DAUGHTERS  OF  HEN  NO.  361. 
Three  S.  C.  White  Leghorns  Produced  on  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm,  Season  of   1909-1910. 
Sixty.four  Sisters  of  These  Birds  Laid  from  200  to  241  Eggs  Each  During  the  Same  Year. 


128 


THE  200-EGG  PER  YEAR  HEN— HOW  TO  PRODUCE  HER 


You  will  find  that  some  of  them  will  lay  from  fifty  to 
one  hundred  per  cent,  more  eggs  than  others — yet  all  will 
be  under  the  same  roof,  will  occupy  the  same  exercising 
space,  will  be  fed  the  same  food  and  roost  on  the  same 
perch  at  night. 

After  you  learn  which  of  the  individual  hens  are  the 
best  layers,  it  is  a  simple  matter  to  mate  up  these  "best 
layers,"  generation  after  generation — selecting  as  breeders 
each  succeeding  year  the  best-shaped,  best-colored,  best- 
marked  specimens  to  put  under  the  trap-nest  treatment, 
also  taking  special  pains  to  preserve  and  strengthen  the 
male  line  by  using  as  cock  birds  and  cockerels  the  sires 
and  sons  of  high-egg-record  hens.  By  following  the  plan 
here  outlined,  the  average  poultryman  can  increase  the  egg 
yield  of  present-day  flocks  to  a  highly  profitable  extent. 

If  the  other  plan  is  adopted,  that  of  buying  stock  or 
eggs  from  an  established  strain  of  heavy  layers,  then  be 
sure  to  obtain  your  start  from  a  reliable  source  of  supply 
and  be  content  to  rely  on  the  same  source  for  "new  blood" 
for  a  few  seasons  until  you  get  your  own  double  or  parallel 
blood  lines  well  established.  You  can  invest  in  stock, 
in  eggs  for  hatching  or  in 
day-old  chicks,  as  you 
prefer. 

Looking  at  the  situa- 
tion from  the  viewpoint  of 
a  small  investment,  if  you 
own  a  flock  of  healthy, 
vigorous,  well-bred  fowls 
of  any  popular  variety,  the 
chances  are  that  you  can 
increase  the  egg  yield  to  a 
large  extent  by  the  pur- 
chase and  use  of  a  male 
bird  from  a  high-egg- 
No.  J-0687.  record    strain    of    layers. 

Laid  251  Eggs  in  One  Year.  The  male  bird  is  "half  the 

Eggs  were  laid  in  Trap-Nest,  pen"  or  flock  and  the  egg 
Sept.  1,  1910  to  August  31,  1911,  power  that  we  are  work- 
inclusive.  Direct  descendant,  fifth  ■  <■  ■  renresented  in 
generation  of  Hen  No.  361,  shown  '"«  lor  is  representee  in 
un  preceding  page.  the  male,  as  well  as  in  the 

female  line.  A  typical, 
vigorous  male  bird  from  a  strain  of  200-egg-per-year  hens 
or  the  son  or  grandson  of  a  high- 
egg-record  layer,  should  add  very 
materially  to  the  egg  yield  of  the 
average  flock  of  hens — any  \  ariety 
It  was  not  until  Cyphers  Incubator 
Company  got  its  male  line  of  White 
Leghorns  fairly  well  established 
that  it  began  to  make  satisfactory 
progress  with  the  offspring  of  the 
Utah  hen,  No.  361.  We  were 
handicapped  two  or  three  years, 
waiting  for  male  descendants  of  this 
hen  to  mature  so  that  they  were 
what  we  wanted  as  breeders. 

Another  inexpensive  way  to  get 
started  is  to  buy  hatching  eggs  or 
day-old  chicks.  A  majority  of 
poultrymen  will  sell  hatching  eggs 
from  their  best  specimens — perhaps 
from  their  best  individual  hen — 
where  they  would  not  part  with 
these  specimens  at  any  price  within 
the  bounds  of  reason.  In  all  such 
.cases  we  advise  the  reader  to  buy 
■either  eggs  or  day-old  chicks — unless 
you  feel  at  liberty  to  invest  a  con- 
siderable sum  of  money  in  a  pair, 
trio  or  breeding  pen. 

Whatever  you  decide  to  do,  or 
feel  able  to  do.  give  careful  thought 


to  three  points:  First,  the  value  of  time;  second,  the  right 
start  from  the  right  individual  hen  or  mating  ;  third,  a 
strictly  reliable  source  of  supply,  not  only  for  your  first 
purchase,  but  also  for  later  purchases  to  secure  new  blood. 
It  costs  money  and  time  to  build  up  a  trap-nested  strain  of 
heavy-egg-yield  fowls,  as  compared  with  the  hit-or-miss 
practices  that  have  been  followed  so  long,  and  that  still 
are  in  use  by  many  poultry  keepers.  Furthermore,  it  is 
easy  to  make  "big  claims"  that  may  not  be  well 
founded. 

Be  sure,  therefore,  of  the  integrity  of  your  source  of 
supply,  otherwise  you  are  quite  certain  to  waste  one  or 
more  years  in  finding  out  that  you  are  on  the  wrong  track. 
You  will  need  new  blood  in  order  to  avoid  the  dangers 
of  inbreeding  and  this  new  blood,  as  a  rule,  ought  to  come 
from  the  original  source  of  supply.  If  you  invest  in  a 
pair,  trio  or  breeding  pen  the  poultryman  of  whom  you 
buy  should  see  to  it  that  the  birds  are  properly  mated — 
are  not  too  closely  related,  but  if  you  invest  in  hatching 
eggs  or  day-old  chicks  it  will  be  advisable  to  invest  later 
on  in  one  or  more  male  birds  of  the  same  strain,  but  of 
a  separate  "family,"  to  be  used  with  the  pullets  obtained 
from  the  hatching  eggs  or  day-old  chicks. 

For  a  more  extended  treatment  of  this  interesting 
and  important  subject,  see  free  bulletins  Nos.  is  and  17 
of  the  Cyphers  Company  Service  department,  entitled 
respectively  "Trap-nesting  to  Increase  Egg  Production" 
and    "Line   Breeding  to. Increase   Egg   Production." 


CYPHERS  COMPANY  HEAVY-EGG-YIELD  WHITE  LEGHORNS. 

'Unit"  House  (No.  10)  on  Cyphers 

.  „    ..         __  ...    There  are  four  hundred  pullets 

All  bred  from  selected  layers.   Note  the  length  of  bodies. 


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DEVOTED  TO  THE  PRODUCTION  OF  QUICK-MATURING,  HEAVY  EGG-YlELD 
JTRAjNS  OF  STANDARD-BRED  FOWLS  OF  THE  MOST  POPULAR  VARIETIES 


THE  Standard-bred  department  of  Cyphers 
Company  Poultry  Farm  represents  an  idea. 
It  is  being  conducted  strictly  for  the  produc- 
tion of  fowls  intended  for  breeding  purposes — 
fowls  that  possess  special  qualities  or  values.  These 
special  values  are:  Constitutional  vigor;  standard 
shape  and  color;  early  maturity  in  form  and  weight, 
and  heavy  egg  yield. 

We  sell  stock  from  this  department  of  our  Farm 
for  breeding  purposes  only.  The  stock  is  sold  in 
three  forms:  As  mature  fowls  ready  for  breeding; 
as  day-old  chicks  carefully  toe-marked,  and  in  the 
form  of  eggs  for  hatching. 

We  prefer  to  limit  the  sales  of  mature  birds  to 
single  males,  to  trios  (a  male  and  two^non-related 
females)  and  to  breeding  pens  made  up  of  a  male  and 
four  to  ten  non-related  females.  By  non-related,  we 
mean  that  the  male  and  females  shall  not  be  nearer 
than  three  removes  in  blood  lines.  We  cannot  offer 
trap-nest  record  or  pedigreed  stock  by  the  hundred. 

Good  reasons  exist  for  our  not  wishing  to  sell 
large  numbers  of  mature  specimens  to  any  one  custo- 
mer. In  the  first  place  the  supply  to  date  is  limited. 
We  never  yet  have  been  able  to  produce  enough  of 
the  right  kind  to  go  around.  Second,  the  present 
and  future  success  of  Cyphers  Incubator  Company 
depends  very  largely  on  how  well  its  many  customers 
are  able  to  do  in  the  poultry  business.  Therefore, 
it  is  much  to  our  interest  to  help  our  customers  in 
every  way  we  can. 

ABSOLUTELY      Constitutional   vigor  in   the 
breedmg   fowls  you   use  as    the 
ESSENTIAL  foundation  for 

your  poultry  enterprise  is  abso- 
lutely essential.  To  obtain  this 
vigor  in  domestic  fowls  that  are  more 
or  less  confined,  is  a  study — a  pro- 
fession. That  is  why  we  now  have 
chairs  of  Poultry  Husbandry  at  the 
leading  State  and  Provincial  agri- 
cultural colleges  of  the  United  States, 
Canada  and  other  progressive 
countries. 

We  believe  that  more  men 
and  women  have  met  with  poor 
results  in  their  poultry  work 
on  account  of  being  handicapped 
with   weakly,  debilitated  stock. 


than  from  any  other  cause.  The  eggs  from  such 
stock-  do  not  hatch  well  and  the  chicks  that 
manage  to  get  out  of  the  shells  are  small,  weak 
and  soon  die  off.  This  has  been  a  common  stumb- 
ling block  to  many  poultrymen  for  years — to  our 
certain  knowledge. 

So  far  as  it  is  possible  to  do  so.  Cyphers  Incubator 
Company  wants  to  help  remedy  this  condition — 
especially  among  its  own  customers.  The  best  way 
for  us  to  do  this  is  to  produce  the  right  kind  of  stock — 
the  right  kind  of  breeders. 

OUR  BIRDS  ARE  Cyphers  Poultry  Farm  birds 
ALL  STAN-  ^^^  mated    and    bred    in  close 

DARD-BRED  conformity    to     the     require- 

ments of  the  American  Standard 
of  Perfection.  We  believe  firmly  in  the  combina- 
tion of  "  utility  and  beauty "  in  domestic  fowls, 
and  would  no  sooner  think  of  using  a  deformed, 
disqualified  or  unsightly  specimen  as  a  breeder 
than  we  would  of  placing  diseased  fowls  in  the 
mating  pen. 

We  are  strong  advocates  of  beauty  of  form  and 
color  in  poultry,  as  the  pictures  herewith  clearly  show. 
We  do  not  make  a  practice  of  exhibiting  specimens, 
but  in  the  majority  of  cases  our  first  and  .second  selec- 
tions, if  placed  on  exhibition,  would  share  the  honors 
at  fall  fairs  and  winter  shows.  This  has  often  proved 
to  be  the  case.  Customers  of  ours  have  won  many 
prizes  in  the  United  States  and  in  foreign  countries, 
with  choice  birds  furnished  by  us,  also  on  specimens 
hatched  from  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm  eggs, 
or  raised   from   day-old   chicks    purchased    of    us. 


Made  f: 


Rhode  Island 


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No.  I— 4457. 
Laid  238  Eggs  in  One  Year. 

We  have  demonstrated  beyond  question  that 
fowls  of  the  egg-laying  and  general-purpose  breeds  or 
varieties  can  be  standard-bred  (i.  e.,  bred  in  close 
conformity  with  the  requirements  of  the  Standard 
of  Perfection)  and  still  be  strongly  vigorous  and 
highly  productive.  That  is  the  basis  on  which  we 
are  proceeding  with  our  work  in  this  department — 
our  desire  being  to  help  as  many  of  our  customers 
as  we  can,  realizing  that  we  can  produce  only  a  small 
portion  of  the  fowls  and  eggs  they  will  need  each  season. 

FOR  BROILERS 
AND  ROASTERS 

As  regards  early 
maturity,  this  is 
mainly  a  question  of 
blood  lines  and  feed- 
ing. Families  of  fowls 
can  be  bred  to  a 
point  of  early  matur- 
ity so  that  they  will 
round  out  earlier 
as  broilers  and  roast- 
ing chickens,  and  so 
that  they  will  begin 
laying  three  to  five  weeks  earlier  than  the  average 
for  the  breed  or  variety.  Care  needs  to  be  observed  in 
this  connection  to  prevent  a  decrease  in  size  of 
frame  and  to  avoid  debility  from  loss  of  weight. 
These  are  questions  of  real  vigor  and  of  feeding. 
The  right  food  rations  will  develop  frame  and  supply 
the  excess  materials  for  extra  meafand  an  increased 


Hen  No.  361.  Foundation  of  our 
Strain  of  Heavy-Egg- Yield  S.  C. 
White  Leghorns.  Laid  242  Eggs. 
See  page  128. 


No.  1—4470. 
Laid  248  Eggs  in  One  Year. 

egg  yield.  We  have  proved  these  facts  by  many 
experiments,  and  so  have  our  customers. 

Touching  briefly  on  the  problem  of  securing  a 
largely  increased  egg  yield,  this  is  a  matter  of 
selection,  of  blood  lines,  of  constitutional  vigor  and 
of  special  feeding.  That  there  is  an  "egg  type"  in 
fowls  we  do  not  doubt,  but  we  believe  it  to  e.xist  only 
on  general  lines.  For  example,  the  body  of  the  layer 
can  be  shortened  too  much.  Furthermore,  a  thin- 
headed  fowl  with  a  narrow  body  and  pinched  tail  is 
quite  certain  to  be  lacking  in  stamina  and  vigor, 
without  which  the  high  record  "egg  machine"  is  an 
impossibility. 
MAKING  THEM     ^°''  Leghorns,  Barred  and  White 

„     „     ^„„    Rocks,      White      Wyandottes, 

EGG  MACHINES  ^^hite  Orpingtons  and  Rhode 
Island  Reds,  .our  ideas  of  "egg  type"  are  shown  in  the 
birds  of  these  varieties  illustrated  in  the  pages  of  this 
book  and  our  Special  Poultry  Farm  Circular.  Notice 
that  all  these  birds  are  choice  Standard  specimens; 
also  that  they  have  long  bodies,  alert,  healthy  look- 
ing heads,  well  arched  necks  and  tails  carried 
m.edium  low  and  well  spread. 

It  is  truly  remarkable  the  number  of  eggs  that  a 
specially-bred  hen  can  produce  during  the  twelve 
months  of  her  maximum  egg  yield — a  White  Leghorn, 
for  example.  In  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty 
cases  we  have  had  a  Leghorn  hen  produce  in  one  year 
more  than  eight  times  her  own  weight  in  beautiful 
white  eggs,  and  in  several  cases  these  record-hens  have 
laid  eggs  within  the  year  that  weighed  more  than 
nine  times  as  much  as  the  hen  herself. 


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No.  B— 5278. 
Laid  234  Eggs  in  One  Year. 


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Two  hundred  and  thirty  Leghorn  eggs  will  average 
to  weigh  about  twenty-five  pounds.  In  good  laying 
condition  a  Leghorn  pullet-hen,  six  to  eighteen  months 
old,  should  weigh  about  three  pounds.  We  have  had 
Leghorn  pullet-hens  that  laid  twenty-seven  and  twenty- 
eight  pounds  of  eggs  each  in  365  days — birds  that  at 
no  time  during  the  year  weighed  more  than  two 
pounds  and  fifteen  ounces.  Pullet-hen  No.  I,  4462, 
illustrated  herewith,  made  a  record  of  two  hundred 
and  forty-eight  eggs  in  three  hundred  and  sixty-five 
days.  These  eggs  weighed  twenty-seven  pounds 
and  nine  ounces,  whereas  the  hen  that  produced 
them  reached  a  weight  of  forty-eight  ounces  only 
twice  during  the  period  of  her  great  egg  yield.  This 
is  a  fair  example  of  whatjs  meant  by  the  term  "an 
egg  machine." 

BUYING  MATURE  STOCK,  DAY-OLD 

CHICKS  AND  EGGS  FOR 

HATCHING 

Whether  to  buy  mature  breeding  stock,  day-old 
chicks  or  eggs  for  hatching,  is  a  question  that  each 
customer  should  decide  for  himself.  Nevertheless,  we 
believe  that  a  few  suggestions  from  us  will  be  of  value. 

If  you  have  a  flock  of  White  Leghorns  (for  example) 
and  wish  to  introduce  new  blood  and  at  the  same 
time  increase  the  egg  yield,  we  advise  you  to 
invest  in  one  or  more  of  our  pedigreed  cockerels 
of  this  variety — birds  guaranteed  to  be  the  sons 
of  hens  with  trap-nest  egg  records  of  two  hundred 
to  two  hundred  and  forty-eight  eggs  per  hen  for 
the  twelve  months  of  highest  production.  The  use 
of  these  cockerels  will  increase  the  egg  productive 


Laid  227  Eggs  in  One  Year. 

power  of  the  progeny  of  the  average  flock  of  Leg- 
horns twenty  to  fifty  per  cent.,  other  conditions 
being  the  same. 

We  sell  these  cockerels  at  $5.00,  $10.00  and 
$15.00  each,  depending  on  the  shape,  color,  size  and 
age  of  the  individual'  specimen,  also  on  the  egg  record 
back  of  him.  We  sell  trap-nested,  pedigree-layer 
pullets  and  hens  on  the  same  basis. 

Let  us  emphasize  two  facts,  however:  First,  we  do 
not  sell  culls  for  breeding  purposes — not  at  any  price; 
second,  the  birds  here 
quoted  are  worth  two 
and  three  times  what 
we  ask  for  them,  judged 
by  their  triple  value,  by 
their  standard  qual- 
ities, by  their  special 
vigor  and  by  the  pro- 
lific egg  yield  they 
represent.  If  you  feel 
that  perhaps  weare over- 
stating their  worth,  try 

Hen  No.  J-0687  ,           *        .           ^      r  i 
Laid  251  Eggs  in  Trap-Nest,  t^e  experiment  of  buy- 
Sept.  1, 1910-Aug.  31, 1911.    Direct  ing   the   same  special 
Descendant  of   Hen  361  Shown  on  ,             ,         , 

Opposite  Page.  values  elsewhere. 

PRICES  OF  ^"'^  $5.00  White  Leghorn  cockerels 

are  the  direct  descendants  of  hens 
MALE  BIRDS  ^;th  egg  records  of  200  eggs  each 
or  better  for  the  year.  Nearly  one-half  the  chicks 
that  are  hatched  from  a  given  number  of  eggs  are 
cockerels,  therefore  from  the  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
seven  Leghorn  hens  we  now  own  having  records  of 
two  hundred  eggs  or  more  per  year,  we  have  reserved 


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White  Plymouth  Rock  Hen  No.  1624-A  (at  left).  Foundation  of  Cyphers 
Company  Strain  that  in  1910-1911  Produced  Pullet  that  Laid  234  Eggs.  Birds  at 
Right  are  Two  Daughters. 

several  hundred  cockerels  for  breeding  purposes.  For 
the  very  pick  of  these  cockerels  we  ask  $15.00  each; 
for  the  average  run  of  the  lot  we  ask  $10.00  per  bird, 
and  we  will  furnish  at  the  low  price  of  $5.00  each 
really  choice  cockerels  of  this  200-eggs-per-hen 
strain — cockerels  of  good  shape,  size,  color  and  excep- 
tional vigor  that  are  well  suited  for  mating  with 
White  Leghorns  kept  as  layers.  Any  of  these  birds 
will  be  big  value  at  the  prices  quoted. 

If  a  customer  wishes  to  go  farther  the  first 
season  in  the  line  of  buying  mature  stock — farther 
than  the  purchase  of  one  or  more  cockerels — we  advise 
the  purchase  of  a  trio  or  breeding  pen.  See 
price  list  on  page  141.  All  birds  priced  and  shipped 
by  us  are  guaranteed  to  be  strong,  valuable 
breeders,  regardless  of  the  difference  in  prices.  We 
warrant  them  to  be  of  good  size,  shape,  color  and 
vigor,  also  to  be  entirely  free  from  standard  dis- 
qualifications. 

WITH  A  TRIO  With  a  trio  of  Leghorns  you  can 
r»TJ    A  T>c-v  '^^'^^  from  one  hundred  and  fifty 

OR  A  PEN  ^^  ^^^g  hundred  and 

fifty  chicks  in  one  season;  with  a  small 
pen  (four  and  one)  you  can  raise  twice  as 
many  and  the  proportionate  cost  will  be 
less  because  the  one  male  answers  as  the 
head  of  the  pen. 

By  keeping  a  trio  or  pen  separate  from 
other  fowls  of  the  same  variety,  and  by 
toe-marking  the  chicks,  you  can  select 
the  pedigreed  stock  in  the  fall  without 
chance  of  mistake  and  thus  in  one  season 
can  obtain  a  flock  of  egg-record  fowls 
from  which  you  can  mate  up  a  num- 
ber of  pens.  Such  a  flock  will  be  worth 
several  times  the  price  paid  for  the  parents 
and  the  old  birds  are  still  on  hand  and 
highly  valuable  as  breeders. 

The  purchase  of  day-old  chicks  is  a 
safe  course  to  adopt  and  we  guarantee  to 
give  you  exactly  what  you  order  and 
pay  for.  These  day-old  chicks — every 
one  toe-marked — can  be  shipped   any 


WAY  TO  START 


distance    that   can   be   reached   by 
express  in  two  days  of  travel,  which 
means   eight   hundred    to   one 
thousand    miles   in   many   cases, 
though    sometimes  the  train  service 
is   slower  and  allowance    should  be 
made  for  this  fact.    We  have  shipped 
day-old   chicks   to    Maine,   Florida, 
Texas,   Kansas,  and   to  the    States 
nearer  Buffalo,  than    these  distant 
points.    More  than  95  per  cent,  of 
all  chicks  we  have  shipped  have 
reached  destination  in  safety. 
THE  CHEAPEST  Buying  "eggs  for 
hatching    is  the 
popular  method 
of  getting   a  good  start  with  choice  stock,  where 
the   customer   for   any  reason  does  not  wish  to  buy 
mature    birds   or   day-old    chicks.     Eggs    to   be    in- 
cubated   can    be    shipped   from  one  side   of  the 
continent  to  the  other  and  will  hatch  satisfactorily 
if  they  are  strongly   fertilized  and   properly   packed 
for  the  journey.     Out  of  fifteen  eggs  the  purchaser 
should  get  seven   to   twelve  chicks — a   fifty  per 
cent,    hatch    being    considered    fair    results    in    cases 
where  the  eggs   have  to   travel   long  distances,   also 
late  in  the  season  after  warm  weather  comes  on. 

It  takes  time,  study,  mon^y  and  painstaking 
labor  to  establish  a  heavy-egg-yield  strain  or  family 
of  fowls — also  an  expensive  equipment  that  the 
average  poultry  keeper  does  not  have,  in  fact  does 
not  want;  but  through  the  simple  process  of  buying 
eggs  for  hatching,  or  day-old  chicks,  or  a  limited  num- 
ber of  mature  breeders  from  such  a  flock,  the  enter- 
prising poultry  man  or  woman  can  secure,  at  least 
within  a  year  or  two,  the  full  benefits  of  this  large 
expenditure — ^and    can    do    so    at    really    small   cost. 


BARRED  PLYMOUTH  ROCK  BREEDING  MALES. 

of  type  of  big-frame,  heavy-bone,  alert,  vigorous  breeding  males  of 


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PRIZE  WINNING  WHITE  ORPINGTONS. 

Specimen  Birds  (Picture  made  from  photograph)  showing  Type  and  Massive  Size 

of  Cyphers  Company  Trap-Nested  White  Orpingtons. 

Naturally,  however,  eggs,  chicks  and  breeders  from  this 
trap-nested,  pedigree  stock,  on  which  so  much  time 
and  money  has  been  spent,  cannot  be  sold  at  the  prices 
asked  for  ordinary  values  in  same  breeds  and  varieties. 
ORIGIN  OF  OUR  STRAINS  OR  FAMILIES  OF 
EARLY-MATURITY  RECORD-LAYERS 

We  do  not  hesitate  to  explain  frankly  the  origin 
of  our  strains.  They  were  started  six,  seven  and  eight 
years  ago  and  we  bought  at  the  start,  the  best  birds 
for  the  purpose. 

Our  White  Leghorns  originated  from  four  females 
with  egg  records  of  from  179  to  242  eggs  per  year.  We 
have  increased  this  small  flock  of  record-laying  Leghorns 
to  ten  breeding  pens,  each  containing  twelve  to  four- 
teen females,  every  one  of  which  has  an  egg  record  of 
200  to  248  eggs  in  the  twelve  months  of  heaviest 
production. 

Besides  this  extra  select  lot  of  trap-nested,  pedi- 
greed  layers   we   have   more  than   800   other  White 
Leghorn  females  with  an  average  egg  record  of  184 
eggs   for  the   year  of  maximum   yield.     We   do   not 
know  of  the  existence  of  another  such  flock  of  layers. 
On  our  Farm    at  this    time    (De- 
cember 15,   1911)  we  have    about 
nine  hundred  fine,  vigorous  White 
Leghorn  cocks  and   cockerels   that 
are  either  full  brothers  or  sons  of 
the  above  described  yearling  hens. 
A  large  majority  of  these  breeding 
males  are  for  sale. 

Our  heavy  egg-yield,  quick- 
maturing  strain  of  Barred  Plymouth 
Rocks  had  its  origin  in  male  birds 
purchased  at  high  prices  from  E.  B. 
Thompson,  Amenia,  N.  Y.,  and 
select  pullet-mated  stock  purchased 
from  C.  H.  Latham,  Lancaster, 
Mass.     Out  of  the  progeny  of  these 


fine  birds,  which  cost  us  $20.00  to  $75.00 
each,  we  have  developed  a  strain  of  our 
own — individual  specimens  of  which  as 
bred  by  us  are  illustrated  in  this  book 
and  in  our  poultry  farm  circular.  The 
egg  productive  power  of  these  birds  makes 
them  doubly  valuable,  according  to  our 
view  of  what  fine  fowls  are  for.  With 
us  it  is  a  case  of  "good  looks,"  plus  vigor 
and  a  big  egg  yield.  Our  White  Plymouth 
Rocks  are  a  combination  of  the  U.  R. 
Fishel  strain  and  the  old  Graves  stock 
(Higganum,  Conn.),  with  special  attention 
paid  to  size,  vigor  and  egg  yield. 

Our  White  Wyandottes  have  the  egg 
records  of  the  best  eastern  breeders  back  of 
them ,  and  we  have  also  kept  in  mind  length 
ofbodyandexceptionalvigor,withwhhe- 
ness  of  plumage  and  yellow  legs  and  skin. 
The    Cyphers    Farm    Rhode    Island 
Reds  came  from  Rhode  Island   and  Con- 
necticut, where  this    highly    productive  breed   origin- 
ated.    We  have  bred  them  in  line  three  years  and  they 
are  giving  a  very  good  account  of  themselves  as  early 
and  persistent  layers — surprisingly  so. 

Our  White  Orpingtons  are  made  up  of  domestic 
and  imported  stock.  Ernest  Kellerstrass  got  us  started 
in  this  variety  by  making  us  a  present  in  1909  of  three 
sittings  of  his  thirty-dollar  per  sitting  hatching  eggs. 
From  the  forty-five  eggs  we  raised  sixteen  fine  birds. 
November,  1910,  we  imported  two  hundred  and  forty 
choice  specimens  from  England — one  hundred  females 
and  twenty  males  from  each  of  the  two  most  prominent 
and  successful  breeders  of  White  Orpingtons  in  the 
home-country  of  all  Orpingtons  and  in  the  early  fall 
of  1911  we  imported  six  hundred  more  choice  birds 
from  the  same  breeders,  five  hundred  females  and  one 
hundred  males.  These  imported  birds  were  bought 
for  us  by  the  manager  of  our  European  headquarters, 
125  Finsbury  Pavement,  London,  England,  and  they 
give  us,  in  combination  with  the  Kellerstrass  blood, 
probably  as  fine  a  lot  of  standard-bred  White 
Orpingtons  as  exists  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic. 


CYPHERS  COMPANY  POULTRY  FARM. 

Birds-eye  View  of  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm,  showing  South  Section.    See  paees  7  and  8 

for  number  and  sizes  of  the  Poultry  Buildings. 


CYPHERS  COMPANY  POULTRY  FARM. 

Birds-eye  View  of  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm,  showing  North  Section.    See  pages  7  and  8 

for  number  and  sizes  of  the  Poultry  Buildings. 


CYPHERS   COMPANY  POULTRY  FARM 


received  and  will  be  filled  in  rotation. 


We  mention  these  facts  (necessarily  in  brief  form) 
because  they  will  give  our  customers  a  correct  idea  of 
the  quality  that  existed  in  our  strains  of  birds  before 
we  began  work  with  them  on  our  own  special 
lines.     With  these  facts  before  you  it  should  be  easy 
to  decide  whether  or  not  we  can  be  of  valuable  service 
to  you  in  improving  your  flocks,  or  whether  you  wish 
to  start  with  our  kind  of  poultry  and  work  along 
parallel  lines,  with  the  same  or  similar  objects  in  view. 
We  ask  all  interested  persons  to  write  us  as  early 
as  they  can,  either  ordering  direct  from  the  price  list 
herewith ,  or  requesting  further  information.  Orders 
for  day-old  chicks  and  eggs  for  hatching  are  booked  as 
We  begin  book- 
ing orders  for 
baby  chicks 
and   eggs    for 
hatching  as  early 
asDecember  and 
January  of  each 
season,    the 
chicks  and  eggs 
— as  a  rule — to 
go    forward    i  n 
March,   April 
and  May,  as  per 
the  customer's 
directions. 

When  we 
are  booked  full 
for  any  week  or 
month  oreone  or 
more  varieties, 
we  promptly  in- 
form later  cus- 
tomers of   the 


Weighing  Eggs.  Wrapping  Tliem  and  Plac- 
ing in  Fillers  and  Sealed  Retail  Cartons 
on  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm 


facts.  We  do  our  best  to  avoid  disappointing  any  one, 
but  eggs  and  newly-hatched  chicks  are  not  a  "factory" 
product  and  it  requires  just  so  long  to  produce  these 
"goods"  in  Nature's  way. 


THE  CYPHERS  COMPANY  POULTRY 
FARM   EQUIPMENT 

This  farm,  claimed  by  us  to  be  the  largest  and 
best-equipped  all-purpose  poultry  plant  in  the  world, 
consists  of  fifty  acres  of  land  located  within  six  minutes' 
walk  of  Elma  Station,  a  suburb  of  Buff^alo,  N.  Y.,  and 
represents  an  investment  of  more  than  $50,000.00, 
exclusive  of  the  value  of  the  poultry.  Besides  the 
50-acre  farm  proper,  we  lease  and  use  several  acres 
of  woodland  and  pasture  for  ducks  and  geese. 

A  number  of  the  main  poultry  buildings  are  shown 
in  this  catalogue — see  pages  5,  9,  138,  139,  and  239. 
All  pictures  made  from  photographs,  except  the  bird's- 
eye  view  on  pages  136  and  137,  and  this  bird's-eye 
view  is  a  faithful  representation  of  the  lay  of  the  land 
and  of  the  number  and  location  of  the  numerous 
buildings.  For  a  list  of  these  poultry  buildings,  with  di- 
mensions, see  list  on  pages  7  and  8  of  Cyphers  Company 
Service  section,  this  catalogue.  Chas.  E.  Adair,  resi- 
dent manager  of  the  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm, 
has  lived  on  the  plant  the  last  six  years,  has  personal 
charge  of  mating  all  birds— assisted  by  Mr.  Curtis — 
and  as  a  rule  selects  the  stock  for  shipment. 


CYPHERS  COMPANY   POULTRY  FARM 


Sample  Reports 

"TURNED  OUT  FINE" 

Southold.L.  I.,N.  Y.,Sept.  2,  1911. 
Ciphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

Had  a  fine  hatch  of  Rhode  Island 
Red  chicks  from  the  eggs  you  shipped 
me  and  the  chicks  have  turned  out 
fine.  When  can  you  ship  me  another 
one  hundred  Rhode  Island  Red  eggs  ? 
FREDERIC  J.  PORTER. 


"CHICKS  STRONG  AND  ACTIVE" 

Marietta,  Ga.,  April  IS,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co..  Buffalo,  N.  ¥.—    . 
I  received  the  White  Leghorn  day- 
old  chicks  today.      They  were  all  alive  on 
arrival  and  as  strong  and  active  a  bunch 
.      W.  E.  SCHILLING. 


WASH  ROOM  FOR  "CONDITIONING." 


Mr.  Adair  has  been  a  student  of  poultry  culture 
and  a  successful  breeder  of  Standard  fowls  for  nearly 
twenty  years.  Under  his  personal  direction  the  Cyphers 
Mammoth  Incubator  was  designed  and  brought  to  a 
high  state  of  efficiency.  Mr.  Adair  also  designed  and 
perfected  the  Cradle- Back  System  of  Brooding  House 
Hovers  for  chicks  and  ducklings. 

Visitors  who  "  mean  business  "  are  welcome  at  the 
Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm,  Sundays  excepted, 
but  we  prefer  to  have  them  apply  at  the  home 
offices  of  the  Company,  Court  and  Fourth  Streets, 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  either  in  person  or  by  mail,  and  obtain 
a  card  or  letter  of  introduction  to  Mr.  Adair  or  his 
first  assistant,  in  which  case  you  will  be  sure  of  having 
someone  show  you  over  the  plant  in  a  satisfactory 
manner.  Here  will  be  found  in  practical  use  our 
Mammoth  Incubators,  our  Cradle-Back  Hover  System, 
our  small  Incubators  of  all  sizes,  and  our  Adaptable 
Hovers;  also  our  deep-litter  method  of  feeding  chicks, 
our  system  of  trap-nesting  and  record  keeping,  our 
methods  of  hopper  feeding,  automatic  water  supply, 
etc.,  etc. — all  of  which  are  down-to-date  and  worthy  of 
adoption  on  successful   poultry  plants,  small  or  large. 


"STRONG,  VIGOROUS  ' 

Kingsville.  Ohio, 

November  20,  1911 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co., 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

The  twenty-four  day  old 
White  Orpington  chicks  I 
bought  of  you  arrived  in  good 
shape  and  have  turned  out  to 
be  strong  and  vigorous  I 
have  a  fine  lot  of  pullets  from  m\ 
own  stock  and  shall  mate  up 
five  pens  headed  by  cockerels 
from  the  chicks  bought  of  y  ou 
Yours  truly, 
C.  O.  LEFFINGWELL 


"RAISED  EVERY  ONE" 

Martinsburg,  Pa.,  July  24, 191 1 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co., 
Buffalo.  N.  Y.— 

The  twenty-five  S.  C.  White 
Leghorn  day-old  chicks  I  ordered 
from  you  came  through  all 
right  and  I  have  raised  every 
one  of  them.  Have  been 
ordering  goods  from  your  com- 
pany more  or  less  since  it  was 
first  organized  and  I  can 
recommend  you  for  always 
giving  me  a  square  deal. 
Yours  truly, 
REV.  J.  K.  BROWN. 


Cj  phers  Company  Poultry 
Farm  Large  sized  'Select 
guaranteed  s  trl  ctly  new-laid 
eggs  for  market  aie  put  up  in 
paper  cartons  and  each  carton 
is  sealed  with  a  Trade-Mark 
"Sticker"  to  prevent  meddling 
or  substitution.  Each  carton 
holds  12  eggs.  Special  egg  case 
(returnable)  contains  30  cartons. 


House  No.  16.     Dimensions,  14  x  110  feet. 


SAMPLE   REPORTS— CYPHERS  COMPANY   POULTRY  FARM 


"SOLD  ONE  COCKEREL  FOR  $7.50" 

Dansville,  N.  Y.,  September  1,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  am  sending  you  some  photos  of  the  S.  C. 
White  Leghorn  chicles  I  bought  of  you  last 
April.  The  first  lot  of  twenty-five  reached  me 
April  7th,  every  one  living^  and  the  pullets 
began  laying  the  24th  inst.  Every  poultry-man 
who  has  seen  my  chicks  thinks  they  are  grand. 
I  sold  one  cockerel  for  S7.50  and  have  booked 
twenty-one  orders  for  sittings  of  eggs  at  S3. 00 
each,  which  is  not  so  bad  for  a  beginner. 
Yours  very  truly,  G.  BASTIAN,  Jr. 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y.  TO  DEWEY,  OKLAHOMA 

Dewey,  Okla.,  November  13,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co..  Buffalo,  N.  Y.~ 

I  purchased  twenty-five  of  your  pedigreed 
White  Wyandotte  baby  chicks  last  spring  and 
they  came  through  the  trip,  losing  only  one. 
I  think  this  remarkable  considering  the  distance 
they  had  to  travel.     I  have  succeeded  i 


Trap-nested,  heavy-egg-yield  White  Wyandottes,  bred  on  Cyphers  Company  Poultry 
Farm.    High  egg-record  to  date  made  by  Hen  No.  360  as  follows:    Oct.  1910,  18  eggs; 
inn  ih,  nir,,f  nr„-t  „t  Whit^  Wunn^r^ft^^    ^°''-  ^*-  ^^'^-  ^2;  Jan.  (1911).  25;  Feb.,  21;  March,  26;  April.  24;  May,  25;  June,  22; 
'ng  the  nicest  nock  of  White  Wyandottes    j^ly_  25,  Aug.,  UiSept..4^TotM237eggsl3id  in  Tt^^^ 


in  this  part  of  the  state.    Enclosed  find  small 
photo  showing  my  flock  of  Cyphers  pedigreed  White  Wyandottes. 
Jn  the  lot  are  cockerels   that  now  weigh  seven  pounds  at 
six  months  old.     Several  pullets  are  laying  at  five  months  old. 
Yours  truly,  W.  T.  NOLAND. 


SIX  HEAVY  LAYERS— TWO  COCKERELS 

Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  November  14,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

Have  sL-£  White  Leghorn  pullets  that  I  raised  from  the  sitting 
of  eggs  that  I  bought  from  your  company  in  the  spring  of  1910. 
They  were  hatched  in  May  and  began  laying  in  November.  They 
laid  an  average  of  eighteen  eggs  per  month  for  nine  months 
— from  January  1,  1911  to  September.  This  is  what  I  call  fine 
work.  From  those  same  eggs  /  also  have  two  very  fine  cockerels 
to  use  as  breeders.      Yours  respectfully,        JULIUS  GLOVER. 

"EVERY  ONE  IS  ALIVE" 

Lawrence,  Mich.,  September  24,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

Last  May  I  sent  to  your  firm  for  one  dozen  of  your  finest 
Barred  Plymouth  Rock  day-old  chicks.  You  sent  me  thirteen 
— one  extra  for  good  measure — and  strange  to  relate  every  one  is 
alive  and  doing  fine.  The  cockerels  are  massive  and  the  pullets 
beautifully  marked.        Yours  faithfully,     MARY  HOPPER. 


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"TELLS  YOU  WHAT  I  THINK" 

Mystic,  Conn.,  November  9,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

The  S.  C.  White  Leghorn  and  White  Orpington  chicks  that 
I  bought  of  you  last  spring  have  proved  O.  K. — better  even  than 
I  expected.  Have  had  many  compliments  on  them.  The 
White  Orpington  Club  offers  a  special  premium  for  the  best  bred 
pullet  in  the  Southern  New  England  poultry  show  to  be  held 
November  21-23,  and  I  shall  enter  one  of  your  White  Orping- 
ton pullets.  That  tells  you  what  I  think  of  these  birds. 
Yours  sincerely,  GEO.  W.  RIGGS, 

25  Pearl  St. 

"HAVE  TREATED  ME  VERY  FAIR" 

Golden,  Colo.,  May  IS,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

1  received  the  eggs  for  hatching  several  days  ago.  I  wish  to 
thank  you  for  replacing  the  eggs  broken  in  first  shipment. 
You  surely  have  treated  me  very  fair  about  the  matter  and  I 
appreciate  it  very  much.  I  am  anxious  to  get  a  start  in  your 
trap-nested  S.  C.  White  Leghorns.  Again  thanking  you  for  your 
kindness,  I  am.         Yours  respectfully,         W.  A.  WEBBER, 

Box  65.  R.  F.  D.  No.  2. 

SPENT  THE  DAY  ON  OUR  FARM 

Moosic,  Pa.,  November  13,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

The  twenty-five  young  White  Wyandotte  day-old  chicks  I 
bought  of  you  proved  strong  and  hardy.  They  have  developed 
into  splendid  birds  and  I  am  well  satisfied.  If  you  remember, 
I  called  at  your  poultry  farm  for  the  chicks.  I  was  more  than 
pleased  with  all  I  saw  while  going  over  the  entire  farm  and 
spending  nearly  all  day  studying  your  methods.  You  may  be 
sure  I  will  always  say  "Cyphers"  when  I  am  buying  anything 
you  have  to  sell.  Yours  truly,  E. 


Imported  White  Orprngton  Hen  that  from  January  1,  1911 
to  October  31,  1911  (ten  months)  laid  187  eggs  in  Trap-Nest  as 
follows:  Jan'y,  25  eggs.  Feb  ,  20,  March  26,  April,  23;  May,  20; 
June,  21;  July,  15;Aug.,  16;  Sept.,  18;  Oct.,  3.     (Molted). 


"100  EGGS  IN  LESS  THAN  6  MONTHS" 

Campton,  Ky.,  November  10,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

Wish  to  write  you  a  few  words  in  regard  to  the  White  Leg- 
horns that  we  bought  of  you  this  year.  The  birds  were  perfectly 
satisfactory  in  every  respect.  I  have  some  fine  chicks  that  I 
raised  from  the  hen  and  cockerel  I  got  of  you.  My  Leghorn  hen 
laid  100  eggs  in  less  than  six  months.  You  have  treated  me 
nicer  than  any  one  I  ever  had  dealings  with  in  the  poultry  business. 
Respectfully,         CASPER  CABLE. 


"CERTAINLY  ARE  PURE  WHITE" 

Milwaukee,  Wis.,  November  IS,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo.  N.  Y. — 

Last  May  I  purchased  of  you  ten  choice  Barred  Rock  chicks 
and  fifteen  S.  C.  White  Leghorns.  They  proved  to  be  as  fine  a 
lot  of  chicks  as  I  ever  raised.  The  Rocks  are  just  starting  to 
lay.  The  only  complaint  I  have  is  that  I  expected  to  get  about 
five  cockerels  from  the  lot  and  only  got  two.  The  Leghorns 
have  been  laying  for  the  last  three  months.  They  certainly 
are  pure  white.  I  am  at  all  times  ready  to  recommend  the  Cyphers 
Incubator  Company.  Youra  truly,  E.  H.  BASENBERG, 

Care  Sheriff's  Office. 


Price  List  of  Breeding  Stock,  Day-Old  Chicks  and  Eggs  for  Hatching 


PRICES  OF  BREEDING  STOCK 

All  prices  quoted  below  are  for  birds  of  record- 
laying,  quick-maturing  blood  lines.  As  a  rule  the 
males  are  cockerels  and  the  females  are  pullets. 

Single  Males.  Single  Females. 

Names  of  Varieties.            So  co      ^u  "o'co      ^u 

w  WW  m        M        tn 

S.  C.  White  Leghorns $15.00  $10.00  $5.00  $12.00  $8.00  $4.00 

Barred  Plymouth  Rocks..    15.00  10.00     7.50  12.00    9.00    6.00 

White  Plymouth  Rocks. . .    15.00  10.00     ....  12.00     9.00     6.00 

White  Wyandottes 15.00  10.00     ....  12.00     9.00     6.00 

Rhode  Island  Reds 15.00  10.00     7.50  12.00     9.00     6.00 

White  Orpingtons 20.00  15.00     ....  15.00  10.00     .... 

Pekin  Ducks 10.00  7.50     5.00  8.00     6.00     4.00 

Five  per  cent,  reduction  on  trios,  any  valuation;  10  per  cent, 

reduction  on  pens  of  five  birds,  a  male  and  four  females,  any 

valuation.     No  further  reduction  for  quantity  on  trap-nested  or 
pedigree  stock. 

PRICES  OF  DAY-OLD  CHICKS  AND 
DUCKLINGS 

Record-Laying,  Pedigreed  Stock; — All  Chicks  Toe-marked. 

S.  C  WHITE  LEGHORNS:— Fiom  yearling  hens  with  egg 
records  of  212  to  251  eggs,  50  cents  each;  from  yearling  hens, 
with  average  egg  yield  of  184  to  186  1-5  eggs,  35  cents  each;  from 
well-matured  pullets  hatched  from  foregoing  two  lots  of  yearling 
hens,  25  cents  each. 

BARRED_PL  YMOUTH  ROCKS:— From  best  matings  made 
up  of  yearhng  hens  with  egg  records  of  187  to  236  eggs,  €0  cents 
each;  from  next  best  matmgs  made  up  of  yearling  hens  with 
records  of  178  to  202  eggs  and  pullets  that  are  daughters  of  highest 
record  layers,  35  cents  each. 

WHITE  PLYMOUTH  ROCKS.— Fiom  best  yearling  hens 
with  egg  records  ranging  from  181  to  234  eggs,  60  cents  each; 
from  60  yearling  hens  and  pullets  (daughters  of  best  record  yearling 
hens),  35  cents  each. 

WHITE  WYANDOTTES:— From  40  best  yearUng  hens, 
representing  blood  lines  of  individual  hens  that  have  laid  190  to 
237  eggs  per  year,  60  cents  each;  from  daughters  and  grand- 
daughters of  these  yearlmg  and  two-year  old  hens,  35  cents  each. 

RHODE  ISLAND  REDS.— From  best  yearling  hens  with 
egg  records  ranging  from  177  to  214  eggs,  60  cents  each;  from 
other  selected  matings,  including  daughters  of  best  record  yearUng 
hens,  35  cents  each, 

WHITE  ORPINGTONS:— From  best  yearUng  hens  with 
egg  records  (ten  months  laying)  ranging  from  162  to  187  eggs, 
$1.00  each;  from  yearling  hens  and  pullets,  indudmg  daughters 
of  best  record  yearling  hens,  60  cents  each. 

IMPERIAL  PEKIN  DUCKS:— From  select  matings  used 
by  us  in  hatching  stock  birds,  60  cents  each;  from  run  of  the  flock 
of  breeders  selected  to  produce  quick-maturing  birds  for  market 
at  nine  to  twelve  weeks  old,  40  cents  each. 

Day-old  chicks  and  ducklings  are  sold  in  lots  of  twelve, 
twenty-five,  fifty  and  one  hundred.  Assorted  orders  may  be 
placed  by  special  arrangement  through  correspondence. 

Five  per  cent,  reduction  on  50  chicks  or  ducklings,  one  order; 
10  per  cent,  reduction  on  100  chicks  or  ducklings,  one  order. 

No  further  reduction  for  quantity  on  pedigreed  chicks. 

PRICES  OF  EGGS  FOR  HATCHING 

From  record  layers  and  pedigreed  stock,  same  matings  as 
above  described  under  prices  of  day-old-chicks  and  ducklings. 

Per  15  Per  45  Per  100 

Names  of  Varieties.                                 Eggs  Eggs  Eggs 

S.  C.White  Leghorns...   1st  Quality       $5.00  $14.00  $24.00 

....   2nd         ■'              4.00  10.00  17.00 

....   3rd         "              3.00  8.00  14.00 

Barred  Plymouth  Rocks.   1st         "             6.00  15.00  25.00 

"  ..   2nd        "             4.00  10.00  17.00 

White  Plymouth  Rocks. .   1st         "             6.00  15.00  25.00 

"  ..   2nd        "             4.00  10.00  17.00 

White  Wyandottes 1st          "             6.00  15.00  25.00 

2nd         "              4.00  10.00  17.00 

Rhode  Island  Reds 1st         "             5.00  14.00  24.00 

2nd         "              4.00  10.00  17.00 

White  Orpingtons 1st          "              8.00  20.00  40.00 

2nd        •'             6,00  15,00  25.00 


"NIGHT  SCENE"— LEGHORN  HOUSE. 

Made  from  Photograph  taken  at  Night  by  Flash  Light.    Four 

Hundred  Leghorns  were  on  Roosts. 

IMPERIAL  PEKIN  DUCKS:— Per  11  eggs,  25  cents  each; 

per  40  eggs,  20  cents  each;  per  100  eggs,  $15.00.  Sitting  lots  are 
from  special  breeders;  hundred  lots  are  from  matings  used  to 
produce  market  ducks. 

OTHER  STANDARD  VARIETIES:— For  use  in  testing  their 
egg-productive  powers  and  early-maturing  qualities  (also  because 
we  admire  these  varieties)  we  have  two  or  three  pens  each  of  strictly 
choice  Silver  and  Golden  Wyandottes,  Buff  and  Black  Orpingtons, 
Buff  Plymouth  Rocks,  Houdans,  Single  Comb  and  Rose  Comb 
Black  Minorcas  and  Rose  Comb  White  Minorcas,  from  which  we 
offer  a  limited  number  of  day-old  chicks  at  60  cents  each  tor  best 
quality  and  35  cents  each  for  second  quality:  also  a  few  sittings 
of  eggs  at  $5.00  per  15  for  best  quality  and  $i.00  per  15  for  next 
best  quality.  These  are  high-class  standard  specimens  bought 
for  the  special  purposes  herein  mentioned  and  selected  as  a  rule 
from  a  large  number  of  birds,  most  of  them  with  high  egg  records 
and  all  showing  exceptional  vigor. 

TURKEYS  AND  GEESE:— On  our  own  farm  we  breed  a 
limited  number  of  Mammoth  Bronze  Turkeys  and  White  Holland 
Turkeys,  also  Toulouse  and  Embden  Geese.  Shall  be  pleased  to 
supply  our  customers  with  what  eggs  we  can  spare  at  60  cents 
each  for  turkey  eggs,  both  varieties,  and  50  cents  each  for  goose 
eggs,  both  varieties.     Limited  amount  of  stock  for  sale. 

BRANCH  HOUSE  Egg-record,    pedigree     breeding 
ORDERS  stock,   also   day-old  chicks  and 

eggs  for  hatching  from  Cyphers 
Poultry  Farm  special  matings  can  be  ordered  from  any 
branch  house  of  this  Company;  but  all  such  stock, 
chicks  and  eggs  will  be  shipped  by  express  from  Elma 
Station,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

FOREIGN  ^^  make  a  specialty  of  foreign 

cxirPA/fp-MTC  shipments  of  fine  poultry— any 

stii±-jyii!,rN  1 »  standardvariety— bothforbreed- 

ing  and  exhibition  purposes.  Our  New  York  City 
store  and  London,  England  headquarters,  combined 
with  a  large  experience  in  handling  foreign  business, 
enable  us  to  serve  customers  in  distant  lands  to  special 
advantage.  No  order  too  small,  none  too  large. 
Prices  and  full  information  on  request.  Address 
Foreign  Department,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A. 

NOTE: — At  our  home  office,  also  at  the  branch  houses,  we 
accept  orders  for  standard-bred  fowls  of  any  variety,  and  for 
day-old  chicks  and  for  eggs  for  hatching  any  variety — in  small 
or  large  lots,  from  non-pedigreed  stock,  we  to  buy  same  from 
reliable  local  poultry  breeders.  Prices  for  this  stock  and  for 
chicks  and  eggs  therefrom  range  considerably  lower  than  for  the 
special-purpose  stock  and  eggs  produced  by  us  at  extra  cost  for 
trap-nesting  and  pedigreeing  on  Cyphers  Company  Poultry 
Farm.  We  are  glad  at  any  time  to  quote  prices  on  utility  stock 
per  dozen  or  per  hundred  head,  also  on  utility  eggs  per  hundred 
or  per  thousand.  By  utility  stock,  we  mean  a  good  grade  of 
White  Leghorns,  Barred  Plymouth  Rocks,  White  Plymouth  Rocks. 
White  Wyandottes,  Rhode  Island  Reds,  etc.,  suitable  for  egg 
farms,  broiler  plants,  etc. 


CHAPTER  III 

LARGE  SIZED  EGGS  IN  DEMAND  AS  WELL  AS  LOTS  OF  THEM 

Eggs  Sooner  or  Later  Will  Be  Sold  Universally  By  The  Pound.  Large  Sized,  Heavy 
Weight  Eggs  Now  Command  The  Markets  and  Are  Graded  as  "Selects"  or  "Firsts" 
and  Bring  Top  Prices.    "  Standard "  Weights  of  Eggs  of  The  More  Popular  Breeds 

(Copyright,  January,  1912,  by  Cyphers  Incubator  Co., Buffalo,  N.  Y.) 


TAKING  the  markets  in  general,  as  conditions  are 
at  present,  the  first  aim  of  the  poultry  keeper  who 
is  seeking  to  make  all  the  profit  he  can  by  the 
production  and  sale  of  eggs,  should  be  to  induce  his  flocks 
to  lay  as  many  eggs  as  possible  in  any  given  length  of 
time,  especially  during  the  season  of  the  year  when  market 
eggs  bring  the  highest  prices. 

But  these  "general  conditions"  are  gradually  changing 
— in  some  parts  of  the  country  they  have  already  changed 
to  such  an  extent  that  it  now  pays  and  pays  well  to  do 
all  that  can  be  done  within  practical  limits  to  obtain 
large  sized  eggs  from  the  laying  stock,  as  well  as  lots  of 
them.  This  is  notably  true  in  such  markets  as  New 
York  City,  Boston,  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  St.  Louis  and 
other  large  cities,   also  on   the  Pacific   Coast. 

In  all  markets  the  larger  sized  eggs  have  the  prefer- 
ence— as  a  matter  of  course.  Every  thrifty  housewife 
prefers  the  large  eggs  and  if  permitted  to  do  so,  will  select 
that  kind  from  the  grocer's  basket.  She  has  been  known 
to  take  so  keen  an  interest  that  she  has  carried  an  iron 
ring  in  her  hand-bag  and  refused  to  accept  as  part  of  her 
"dozen"  any  egg  that  would  pass  through  the  ring! 

The  agitation  to  sell  eggs  by  the  pound  instead  of 
by  the  dozen  has  been  going  on  for  some  time — and  it 
is  based  on  common-sense  and  plain  justice.  In  July, 
1910,  the  municipal  authorities  of  New  York  City  adopted 
an  ordinance  which  provided  that  eggs  must  be  sold  by 
weight.  This  law  has  not  yet  been  put  into  effect,  prob- 
ably because  the  public  servant  who  fathered  it,  lost  his 
position  within   the   year,   for   political  reasons. 

But  the  fact  that  such  a  law  was  enacted,  shows  "the 
way  the  wind  blows"  and  should  be  accepted  as  fair 
warning  by  prudent  poultrymen  who  are  studying  the 
present  and  have  "an  eye  to  the  future."  Regardless 
of  law,  the  commission  men  and  grocers  of  New  York 
City  and  those  of  many  other  important  markets  are 
now  carefully  distinguishing  between  small  sized  and 
large  sized  or  "select"  eggs.  "Mixed  eggs"  means,  as  a 
rule,  uneven  sizes  or  small  sized  eggs,  though  sometimes 
the  word  "mixed"  is  appUed  to  color  of  shells. 

However,  it  may  be  set  down  as  a  general  fact,  true 
in  all  markets,  that  "select"  eggs,  for  which  the  highest 
prices  are  charged,  are  never  small  in  size,  but  invariably 
are  large,  fine  looking  eggs,  strictly  fresh  and  uniform  in 
color — white  of  shell,  where  this  color  is  preferred,  as  in 
New  York  City,  or  brown  of  shell  where  brown  is  the 
choice,  as  in  Boston. 


Out  on  the  Pacific  Coast  they  have  gone  still  farther. 
There  the  eggs  that  are  sent  to  the  high-priced  markets 
are  graded  as  "firsts"  and  "seconds,"  BY  WEIGHT,  and 
an  egg  scale,  such  as  is  illustrated  on  opposite  page,  is  used 
for  grading  purposes.  This  scale  is  a  teeter-board  affair, 
with  a  weight  at  one  end  and  an  egg  holder  at  the  other 
end.  The  weight  is  adjusted  and  then  each  egg  in  turn 
is  placed  in  the  holder.  If  it  is  heavj'  enough  to  raise 
the  weight  end  of  the  beam,  it  is  a  "first;"  if  not,  then 
it  is  counted  a  "second"  and  brings  a  lower  price.  This 
is  a  somewhat  crude  method,  but  is  fairer  than  the  general 
practice  of  selling  all  sizes  of  eggs  at  one  price,  t.  e.,  by 
the  dozen,  ignoring  size  and  weight. 

Enough  has  been  said  in  the  short  space  here  available 
to  show   that   large   sized,   heavy-weight  eggs  are  much 


THIRTY-OUNCE  HEN  EGGS. 
White  Orpington  Eggs  laid  by  Yearling  Hens  December,  1911 
on  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm.    Eggs  weighed  two  and  one 
half  ounces  apiece,  or  at  rate  of  thirty  ounces  to  the  dozen. 


NINETEEN-OUNCE   EGGS. 
White  Leghorn  Eggs  laid  by  a  Pullet,  December,  191 1.    Twelve 
eggs  of  this  size  weighed  only  i ' 


preferred;  therefore  the  alert  poultryman  is  interested 
in  learning  how  to  secure  them  from  his  flocks.  Let  us 
take  this  view  of  the  situation :  Here  is  the  domesticated 
hen,  in  her  capacity  as  an  "egg  machine."  What  is  the 
most  she  can  be  made  to  do  for  us?  Obviously,  what  we 
want  of  her  is  the  greatest  number  of  eggs  she  can  produce 
in  any  given  length  of  time  and  we  also  want  large  sized 
eggs.  We  want,  in  fact,  as  many  eggs  as  it  is  possible 
for  her  to  produce  at  the  rate  of  one  a  day,  and  we  want 
these  eggs,  all  of  them  or  any  number  of  them,  to  weigh 
as  many  pounds  and  ounces  as  possible. 

When  we  speak  of  the  hen  as  an  "egg  machine"  we 
mean  to  use  her  as  a  "unit"  in  our  "egg  factory."  And 
admitting  that  she  is  equipped  to  produce  only  one 
egg  each  day,  we  want  that  egg  to  weigh  as  much 
as  may  be  found  practicable,  because  it  is  human  food 
that  we  are  after  and  the  greater  the  number  of  pounds 
and  ounces  obtained  the  more  we  shall  have  to  sell 
or  eat. 

To  secure  large  sized  eggs,  use  as  layers  the  larger- 
sized,  long-bodied,  deep-bodied  hens.  To  get  these  hens 
use  as  breeders  the  shape  of  hens  here  mentioned,  also 
long-bodied,  deep-bodied,  broad-backed,  full-breasted 
males.  In  selecting  your  breeders  reject  the  short-bodied, 
shallow  -  bodied,  narrow  -  backed,  pinched  -  tailed,  thin- 
headed  specimens,  males  and  females.  Look  for  great 
activity — undoubted  vigor  in  both  sexes.  So  much  for 
general  methods. 

Next,  look  to  your  trap-nests.  By  the  use  of  these 
nests  you  can  find  out  not  only  which  hens  are  the  best 
layers,  but  also  which  ones  lay  the  best  eggs — the  large 
eggs,  with  smooth,  attractively  colored  shells.     The  hen 


LARGE  SIZED  EGGS  IN  DEMAND  AS  WELL   AS  LOTS  OF  THEM 


that  lays  a  given  number  of  small-sized,  uneven-shelled, 
misshapen  eggs  in  a  stated  number  of  days,  is  not  as 
valuable  a  member  of  your  flock  as  the  one  that  lays  a 
"first"  grade  or  "select"  egg — not  by  considerable.     And 


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CALIFORNIA  EGG  SCALES. 
On  the  Pacific  Coast  if  Leghorn  Eggs  do  not  weigh  twenty-two 
ounces  or  better  to  the  dozen,  they  are  rated  as  "Seconds."     In 
Eastern  Markets  the  Standard  Weight  is  twenty-five  ounces  to  the 

we  are  confident  that  within  a  short  time  the  enterprising 
poultry  men  and  women  of  every  progressive  country  will 
be  strongly  and  persistently  ADVERTISING  that  their 
strains  lay  "large-sized,  standard  colored  eggs,  as  well 
as  lots  of  them. 

Take  the  case  of  R.  P.  Ellis,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  as  an 
illustration.  Mr.  Ellis  is  the  founder  of  the  Aurora  System 
of  Branch  Egg  Farms.  In  Brooklyn,  now  a  part  of 
Greater  New  York,  he  operates  several  wagons,  making 
daily  deliveries  of  strictly  fresh  eggs  to  private  customers. 
On  this  date,  December  i,  igii,  he  is  paying  his  branch 
farms  fifty-five  cents  per  dozen  on  the  average  for  their 
new-laid  eggs  and  is  retailing  them,  delivered,  at  sixty..five 
cents  per  dozen. 

But  Mr.  Ellis  does  not  pay  the  same  price  for  all 
eggs — not  even  for  strictly  fresh  ones,  the  only  kind  he 
handles.  On  the  contrary,  he  rates  a  "twenty-five  ounce 
egg,"  as  he  styles  it,  as  "standard,"  meaning  that  one 
dozen  of  the  right  sized  White  Leghorn  eggs  should  weigh 
In  the  fall  months  and  early  winter  twenty-five  ounces, 
and  if  they  weigh  less  than  this  he  deducts  four  per  cent, 
of  the  "going  price"  for  each  ounce  that  they  fall  below 
standard.  Some  Leghorn  eggs  that  are  sent  to  him  from 
mixed  hens  and  e£irly  pullets  (all  Leghorns)  in  the  fall 
and  early  winter  weigh  up  to  twenty-six,  twenty-seven 
and  even  twenty-eight  ounces,  while  some  run  as  small  as 
nineteen  ounces  to  the  dozen — in  which  case  the  nineteen- 
ounce-per-dozen-eggs  poultryman  would  receive  41.8  cents 
per  dozen  for  his  eggs  (December  i,  191 1)  in  place  of 
fifty-five  cents. 

Looking  in  the  other  direction,  Mr.  Ellis  adds  four 
per  cent,  to  the  "going  price"  for  each  full  ounce,  in  the 
case  of  all  eggs  that  average  one  or  more  full  ounces  above 
"standard,"  and  he  is  able  to  obtain  the  difference  from 
his  trade,  from  housewives  who  much  prefer  the  larger- 
sized,   fine  looking  eggs.     Mr.   Ellis  weighs  the  eggs  by 


the  thirty  dozen — in  the  regulation  cases  in  which  they 
are  received  from  the  shippers.  Later,  every  egg  is  care- 
fully "candled"  to  make  absolutely  certain  that  they  are 
"as  represented"  and  are  entirely  free  from  blood  spots 
or  streaks. 

What  may  be  styled  the  "standard"  weights  for  eggs 
varies  with  the  season  of  the  year  and  should  be  different 
for  different  breeds.  Pullets  start  in  to  lay  smaller  eggs 
than  those  produced  by  mature  hens,  but  the  eggs  of  pul- 
lets should  increase  rapidly  in  size,  up  to  normal,  as  the 
season  progresses,  provided  the  young  layers  are  them- 
selves normal  in  size  and  are  well  fed  on  the  proper  egg- 
making  foods.  While  they  are  housed  and  yarded,  give 
them  bulky  food,  including  palatable  green  stuff,  all  the 
animal   food  they  will  eat  after  they  become  used  to  it 


IDEAL  HEN  EGGS. 
White  Orpington  Eggs  that  are  laid  by  well-matured   pullets 
and  hens  can  be  brought  to  run  thirty  ounces  to  the  dozen  on  the 
average.    A  goal  toward  which  breeders  of  all  varieties  of   the 
Orpingtons  should  strive. 

and  keep  them  busy,  healthy  and  happy  by  means  of 
their  having  to  dig  in  deep  litter  for  all  the  whole  or 
cracked  grain  food  they  get  to  eat. 

It  is  not  to  be  expected  that  Leghorns  will  lay  as 
large  sized  eggs  as  Minorcas — not  as  a  rule,  but  Leghorn 
hens  and  well-matured  pullets  that  have  been  bred  right 
and  selected  for  large  egg  production — large  in  size  as  well 
as  large  in  numbers — can  be  relied  upon  to  produce  very 
attractive  eggs  that  will  weigh  twenty-five  to  twenty- 
eight  ounces  to  the  dozen  and  command  top  prices  in  any 
white-egg  market  in  the  country — twenty-five  ounces  to 
the  dozen  in  the  fall  and  early  winter  and  twenty-eight 
ounces  or  a  little  better  after  the  holidays,  especially  whert 
vegetation  starts  and  Nature  is  working  hand  in  glove 
with  the  poultryman.  The  eggs  of  Plymouth  Rocks, 
Wyandottes  and  Rhode  Island  Reds  should  range  one  to 
two  ounces  heavier  per  dozen  than  the  weights  here  given 
for  Leghorns,  and  the  eggs  of  Orpingtons  and  Minorcas 
two  to  three  ounces  per  dozen  heavier,  throughouf  the 
laying  season. 


TWENTY-FIVE  OUNCE  EGGS  FOR  EASTERN  MARKETS. 
These  White  Leghorn  Eggs,  laid  December  12.  1911,  on  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm,  weighed  twenty-five  ounces  to  the  dozen 
and  were  of  "  Standard  "  size  and  weight  to  be  rated  as  "  Select "  in  the  Eastern  Markets  for  Fall  or  Early  Winter  Sale.    Furthermore, 
they  are  of  the  correct  shape  and  have  smooth,  strong  shells.    Select  such  eggs  for  successful  hatching. 


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Insecticides,  Disinfectants  and  Poultry  Remedies 

THE  LABORATORY  PRODUCTS  manufactured  or  compounded  by  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  are  the 
result  of  thirteen  years  of  careful  analysis  and  experiment,  and  in  their  present  form  represent  the 
outlay  of  a  great  deal  of  time  and  money  expended  by  us,  not  alone  in  our  own  interests,  but  also  for  the 
benefit  and  protection  of  our  many  valued  customers. 

Let  us  state  frankly  that  products  of  this  nature  invite  deception.  Fraud  can  easily  be  practiced  in  their 
preparation.  Severe  losses  may  easily  be  met  by  poultry  raisers  in  cases  where  worthless  or  positively  injur- 
ious concoctions  of  this  kind  are  bought  and  used,  but  the  vender  who  has  secured  his  profits  on  the  sale  cares 
little  or  nothing  about  that. 

In  the  purchase,  therefore,  of  such  articles  as  poultry  insecticides,  disinfectants,  remedies,  egg  preserva- 
tives, etc.,  it  is  of  special  importance  that  only  standard  brands  should  be  accepted — that  no  articles  of 
this  description  shall  be  used  in  the  protection  and  care  of  your  fowls  except  those  known  to  be  compounded 
and  guaranteed  by  manufacturing  chemists  who  are  of  the  highest  standing  as  business  men  or  firms.  These 
words  are  fair  warning  to  readers  of  this  catalogue  who  might,  through  thoughtlessness,  be  made  to  suffer  serious 
setbacks  in  their  poultry  work. 

Importance  of  Preserving  Health  and  Vigor  in  Fowls 

It  is  an  old  saying  that  "in  time  of  peace  we  should  prepare  for  war."  The  natural  state  of  birds,  both 
wild  and  domesticated,  is  one  of  perfect  health.  It  is  only  by  abuse,  pampering  or  gross  neglect  that  fowls  are 
rendered  unhealthy.  The  fault  invariably  is  ours,  not  theirs!  First,  we  should  use  our  best  judgment  to  prevent 
ailments  or  disease  getting  a  foothold;  second,  we  should  know  how  to  treat  and  cure  them  if  found  to  exist. 

Abuse,  in  the  care  of  poultry,  takes  several  forms,  but  the  most  harmful — likewise  the  most  wasteful — is 
improper  feeding.  For  facts  and  suggestions  on  this  phase  of  the  subject,  please  send  for  our  literature 
on  "Poultry  Foods  and  Feeding." 

By  pampering,  is  meant  too  much  kindness!  Fowls  are  naturally  hardy,  and  they  thrive  best  under 
conditions  that  induce  plenty  of  muscular  activity.  On  free  range  or  in  large  yards,  fowls  get  the  exercise  they 
require  for  good  health,  but  if  confined,  as  is  ordinarily  the  case,  the  caretaker  simply  must  resort  to  various  prac- 
tical methods  that  will  compel  healthful  activity;  that  will  make  the  birds  "hustle"  for  what  they  get  to  eat. 
Let  us  remember  that  hens  have  no  teeth;  therefore,  the  mastication  and  assimilation  of  their  food  is  largely 
a  matter  of  muscular  action — of  common,  every-day,  bodily  exercise. 

"Gross  neglect"  may  be  putting  it  a  bit  strong,  yet  we  Americans  are  a  busy  people;  we  are  constantly 
planning  and  undertaking  more  than  we  can  do  and  do  thoroughly — furthermore,  with  many  poultry  keepers, 
after  the  novelty  of  spring  work  wears  off  and  the  sultry  days  of  early  summer  draw  near,  it  is  but  human  to  grow 
careless,  neglectful.  Domestic  fowls — even  little  chicks — will  stand  a  lot  of  neglect  if  given  a  fair  chance  to 
shift  for  themselves,  but  too  often  they  are  restricted  in  their  movements,  are  confined  where  they  cannot 
exercise  properly,  cannot  obtain  the  variety  of  food-stuff  they  require,  cannot  secure  grit  for  teeth,  cannot  dust 
themselves  to  destroy  mites  and  lice — cannot  even  get  pure,  fresh  water  to  drink. 

It  is  an  odd  fact,  but  Dame  Nature  makes  it  a  rule  to  set  traps  for  indolence — for  neglect.  If  we  interfere 
with  her  plans  and  then  do  not  supply  a  substitute,  we  are  sure  to  get  into  trouble  sooner  or  later.  It  is  this 
way  with  poultry  keeping.  When  we  forcibly  confine  the  fowls  to  limited  quarters  we  must  protect  them, 
must  help  them  fight  the  battle  for  a  natural,  healthful  and  productive  existence;  otherwise  our  poultry 
investment  will  not  only  be  destined  to  failure,  but  becomes  a  plain  case  of  cruelty  to  fowls  that  naturally  are 
highly  productive  and  should  be  kept  for  profit  as  well  as  for  pleasure. 

In  the  following  pages  are  described  the  Laboratory  Products  manufactured  by  Cyphers  Incubator  Company, 
with  a  brief  statement  of  what  they  are  for  and  of  how  to  use  them.  Full  printed  directions  are  furnished  with 
each  package.  Every  Laboratory  article  offered  for  sale  by  us  is  guaranteed  under  the  U.  S.  Food  and  Drugs  Act 
of  June  30,  1906,  and  bears  the  Serial  Number  (No.  7793)  assigned  to  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  by  the  Bureau 
of  Chemistry,  Department  of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C. 

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Lice  and  Mites— How  They  Work 

LICE  AND  MITES  are  two  distinct  species  of  insect  parasites.  Poultry  lice  do  not  suck  the  blood  of  their 
J  victims,  while  many  varieties  of  mites  are  vicious  blood-sucking  pests.  The  common  poultry  louse  is  pro- 
vided with  powerful  jaws  which  it  employs  in  eating  the  scales  of  the  skin  and  certain  parts  of  the  feathers. 
While  their  ravages  mar  the  beauty  of  a  fowl's  plumage,  and  their  gnawing  often  causes  intense  irritation  of  the 
skin,  the  chief  danger  in  their  presence  is  due  to  the  amount  of  worry  and  fretting  they  cause  the  fowl.  When 
present  in  large  numbers,  they  so  worry  and  irritate  a  bird  as  to  render  it  unable  to  assimilate  its  food,  make  it 
unfit  for  breeding  purposes,  and  lessen  the  egg  production.  Cyphers  Company  Lice  Powder  is  sure  death  to  all 
forms  of  lice  that  infest  poultry,  both  young  and  old. 

Mites  are  Blood- Suckers.  They  live  in  the  cracks  and  crannies  and 
joints  of  the.  roosts  and  droppings  boards,  and  under  accumulations  of  drop- 
pings. As  a  rule,  they  stay  in  these  nooks  during  the  day,  and  sally  forth  at 
night  to  feast  on  the  blood  oftheir  victims.  The  loss  of  blood  which  they  con- 
sume is  considerable  and,  further,  they  sometimes  act  as  carriers  of  disease 
germs.  These  mites  cannot  be  combated  with  a  lice  powder,  and  a 
standard,  reliably  compounded  Lice  Paint  is  necessary  to  protect  the  fowls 
against  their  ravages.  We  guarantee  the  Cyphers  Brand  of  Liquid  Lice  Paint 
to  kill  poultry  mites  of  every  kind. 

One  of  the  Most  Common  Mites  is  known  among  experienced  poultry  keepers  as  the  scaly-leg  mite. 
This  scab  mite  causes  the  unsightly  ailment  often  met  with,  called  scaly-leg.  These  mites  can  be  held  in  check 
by  using  Cyphers  Lice  Paint  on  the  roosts  and  droppings  boards,  and  scaly-leg  can  be-cured  promptly  by  the 
application  of  Cyphers  Remedial  Ointment. 

Cyphers  Remedial  Ointment 

Guaranteed  to  Destroy  Head  Lice  on  Chicks  and  Young  Turkeys.    A  Safe  and  Sure  Cure  for 
Scaly-Leg,  Chicken  Pox,  etc. 

FR  YEARS  THERE  EXISTED  among  Cyphers  Company  customers 
a  widespread  demand  for  a  salve  or  ointment  that  could  be  used, 
iDithout  fear  of  injury,  on  the  heads  and  under  the  wings  of  little 
chicks,  young  turkeys,  etc.,  and  that  would  destroy  mites,  lice  and  the  larvae 
or  eggs  of  these  injurious  pests.  Cyphers  Remedial  Ointment  was  prepared 
by  our  Chemist  expressly  for  this  use  and  has  now  been  on  the  market  six 
years,  giving  universal  satisfaction.  It  is  guaranteed  to  kill  head  lice  on 
young  chicks,  which  are  highly  destructive,  and  is  equally  good  for  scaly-leg, 
chicken-pox  and  other  Uke  diseases.  May  be  applied  safely  with  the  finger 
or  with  a  small  brush.  Is  now  put  up  in  two  packages,  a  collapsible  metal 
tube  and  a  large-size  wooden  box.  The  small-size  package  will  prove  satisfac- 
tory for  a  trial  purchase,  while  regular  customers  who  know  of  the  value  of 
this  Remedial  Ointment  will  want  to  keep  on  hand  the  larger  size.  Will  keep 
indefinitely,  remaining  soft  and  clean,  ready  lor  instant  use.  Full 
directions  printed  on  each  package. 

Prices:    Postpaid;  Small  size,  25c;  Large  size  box  holding  three  times  as  much,  50c. 

Ovinapthol     Nest    Egg    (Trade  Mark  Name) 

Kills  Lice  and  Mites  in  Nests  and  on  Fowl's  Body  Where  they  Congregate  and  Worry  the  Layers. 
No  Trouble  to  Use.    Simply  Put  Them  in  the  Nest 

CYPHERS  COMPANY'S  Ovinapthol  Lice-KilUng  Nest  Egg  has 
become  the  standard  combination  anti-lice  nest  egg.  By  simply 
using  this  egg  in  the  nest  in  the  same  manner  as  any  ordinary  nest 
egg  is  used,  or  placing  it  in  one  corner  of  the  nest  underneath  the  nesting 
material,  the  laying  hens  are  relieved  of  lice  and  mites.  In  use  (when 
unwrapped)  these  nest  eggs  slowly  evaporate,  giving  off  fumes  which  kill 
the  insects.  They  last  a  long  time,  retain  their  effectiveness  until  wholly 
evaporated  and  are  warranted  not  to  injure  the  eggs.  They  are  of  the  size 
of  ordinary  hen-eggs  and  are  tinted  a  natural  brown  color  in  imitation  of 
natural  eggs.  The  genuine  Cyphers  Ovinapthol  Nest  Egg  bears  embossed 
on  each  egg  the  words  "  Ovinapthol  Nest  Egg." 

Prices:    Each,  10c;  postpaid,  15c;  per  }4  dozen,  50c;  per  dozen,  75c.    (By  freight  or  express.) 

WEIGHTS:    Each,  2H  ozs.;  per  K  dozen,  1  lb.;  per  dozen,  2  lbs. 

SPECIAL~Be  sure  to  read  "Assorted  Order"  notice,  see  page  US. 

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Cyphers  Lice  Powder 


Kills  Body  Lice  on  Chicks  and  Fowls.    Easily  Applied  from  Our  Perforated  "Shaker"  Boxes 
in  Which  it  is  Sold 


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A  GENERAL  COMPLAINT  often 
heard  among  poultry  keepers  was 
that  most  of  the  lice  powders  on 
sale  did  not  kill  the  insects,  but  only- 
drove  them  from  one  place  to  another 
on  the  body  of  chick  or  fowl;  then  as 
soon  as  the  powder  lost  its  strength 
the  lice  would  return  to  their  favorite 
feeding  spots  and  the  injury  was  as  great 
as  ever. 

Cyphers  Lice  Powder  is  claimed  by 
us  to  be  the  strongest  safe  preparation 
on  the  American  market  for  the  purpose. 
It  is  warranted  to  be  a  lice-killer,  not  a 
lice-driver.  Our  Powder  is  carefully 
compounded  in  our  own  Laboratory. 
It  is  entirely  our  own  preparation  and  is 

guaranteed  not  to  contain  carbolic  acid  or  other  chemicals  which  will  damage  the  plumage  or  injure  the  fertility  of 
the  eggs.  This  Powder — put  up,  as  a  rule,  in  substantial  pasteboard  boxes,  with  perforated  tops — is  clean  to  handle, 
easy  to  apply,  sure  in  effect  and  can  be  used  in  the  nests  of  sitting  hens  without  injuring  young  chickens.  For  lice  on 
cattle  and  horses,  ticks  on  sheep  and  fleas  on  dogs.  Cyphers  Lice  Powder  is  a  most  effective  remedy.  As  an  insect 
powder  it  positively  has  no  superior.     A  trial  package  will  convince  you  of  its  value. 

Prices:  By  mail;  5-oz.  package  (trial  size),  10c;  postpaid  15c.   15-oz.  box,  25c;  postpaid  40c. 
By  freight  oc  express:   48-oz.  box,  50c.     100-oz.  bag,  $1.00. 


Cyphers  Lice  Paint 


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Kills  Mites  on  Poultry  House  Walls,  on  Roosts  and  in  Nests.    Paint  Roosts  with  It  and  Kill  the 
Body  Lice  by  Its  Fumes.    Readily  Applied  with  Brush  or  Sprayer 

CYPHERS  LICE  PAINT  is  a  liquid  lice  de- 
stroyer especially  prepared  for  killing  all  insect 
parasites  of  poultry.  It  is  also  useful  for 
killing  the  common  forms  of  lice,  mites  and  ticks  that 
prey  upon  horses,  cattle,  sheep  and  hogs. 

This  liquid  Lice  Killer  is  safe  and  easy  to  use, 
although  it  is  stronger  than  other  similar  preparations. 
We  guarantee  that  Cyphers  Lice  Paint  is  not  diluted 
with  cheap  adulterations  which  would  impair  its  effect- 
iveness. It  does  the  work,  and  does  it  economically. 
Use  it  freely  on  the  roosts,  walls  and  droppings  boards 
in  the  poultry  house.  The  fumes  arising  from  the 
paint  will  kill  the  mites  and  lice  on  the  fowls  while 
the  birds  are  on  the  roosts  at  night.  The  spraying  or 
painting  should  be  done  in  the  middle  of  the  after- 
noon, three  or  four  times  a  month.  Full  directions 
on  the  label  of  every  package  for  killing  lice,  mites, 
and  ticks  on  poultry,  horses,  cattle,  sheep  and  hogs. 
1-quart  cans,  each,  35c;  2-quart  cans,  each,  60c;  1-gallon  cans,  each,  $1.00;  5-gallon 
wooden  jackets,  each,  $4.00.     (By  freight  or  express.) 

WEIGHTS:  1-quart  can,  2  lbs.  4H  ozs.;   2-quart  can,  4  lbs.  7  ozs.;   1-gaIIon  can,  SJi  lbs.;   5-gallon  jacket,  45  lbs. 

Cyphers  Sulphur  Fumigating  Candle 

A  Microbe  and  Germ  Killer.    Also  Lice  and  Mite  Destroyer.    Disinfects — Prevents  Disease. 
Is  put  up  in  original  form  with  wick  ready  for  the  match 

CYPHERS  COMPANY'S  Pure  Sulphur  Fumigating  Candles  are  easy  to  light,  easy 
to  extinguish,  safe  to  use  and  produce  a  vapor  that  is  deadly   to  all   infectious 
disease  germs  and  insect  life.     The  improved  construction 
of  these  candles  makes  it  unnecessary  to  use  a  tin  dish  such  as  is 
required  for  most  other  sulphur  candles  on  the  market. 

All  fowls  and  domestic  animals  must  be  locked  out  of  the 
poultry  house  or  any  other  enclosure  or  room  while  it  is  being  fumi- 
gated. Simply  Ught  the  candle  and  close  up  the  house  or  room 
tight  for  three  or  four  hours,  when  it  should  be  opened  and 
thoroughly  aired  before  the  fowls  are  allowed  to  again  occupy  it. 
Prices:  Each,  15c;  postpaid,  25c;  per  H  dozen,  75c; 
per  dozen,  $1.25.  (By  freight  or  express.) 
WEIGHTS:  Each,  4H  oz.;  per  1/2  dozen,  1  lb.  10  oz.;  per  dozen,  ^        ,  j,        , 

3  1bs.  SJ/^oz.  Complete  candle,  also  c 

SPECIAL— Be  sure  to  read  "Assorted  Order"  notice,  see  page  153. 

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Complete  Medical  Case  of  Ten  Poultry  Remedies 

Contains  Long-Tested  and  Dependable  Remedy 
for  Every  Common  Disease  of  Fowls 

EQUIPPED  with  the  Cyphers  Medical  Case,  the  fancier  or  poultryman 
will  be  prepared  to  ward  off  any  disease  that  may  attack  his  flocks. 
The  ten  remedies  are  put  up  in  a  neat,  strong,  cloth-covered  case. 
Each  bottle  is  labeled,  showing  dosage  and  the  diseases  which  its  contents 
will  cure  and  prevent.     Complete  directions  for  use,  in  plain  English,  Eire 
attached  to  the  lid  of  each  case,  and  are  printed  on  the  label  of  each  vial. 
These   remedies   are  in  tablet  form,  and  will  not   deteriorate   or   lose 
strength  with  age,  if  kept  in  our  case  or  otherwise  protected  from  strong 
light.     This  supply  of  medicines  will  last  the  average  fancier  from  one  to 
Cyphers  Complete  Medical  Case.  five  years. 

WHAT  THE  TEN  REMEDIES  ARE  TO   BE  USED  FOR 


Remedy  No.  1. — Useful  in  all  catarrhal  colds  of 
poultry  having  rattling  in  the  throat  as  a  prominent  symp- 
tom.    Cures  bronchitis,  croup  and  similar  diseases. 

Remedy  No.  2. — Valuable  for  all  sudden  colds  with 
snuffles,  watery  discharge  from  eyes  and  nostrils  and  much 
sneezing.  Prevents  and  cures  roup.  Useful  in  all  .dis- 
eases resulting  from  exposure  to  cold  and  dampness. 

Remedy  No.  3. — Useful  in  all  ailments  where  there  is 
a  tendency  to  pus  formation.  In  chicken-pox  and  bumble- 
foot  -  it  promotes  rapid  healing  of  the  sores.  It  cures 
chronic  catarrhal  colds  of  poultry  which  are  accompanied 
by  a  hard,  croupy  cough. 

Remedy  No.  4.— For  all  diarrhoeas  of  poultry.  It 
is  the  most  reliable  cure  for  cholera,  and  when  used  in 
the  drinking  water  will  cure  the  most  obstinate  cases. 
Valuable  for  diarrhoea  in  small  chicks,  especially  when 
accompanied  by  a  watery  or  a  bloody  discharge. 

Remedy  No.  5. — Cures  diphtheritic  roup  and  all 
forms  of  canker.  Also  useful  in  vent,  gleet  and  all  ailments 
where  there  is  a  tendency  to  cheesy  growths  upon  mucous 
membrane. 


Remedy  No.  6. — For  all  forms  of  indigestion  and 
liver  diseases  in  poultry.  It  cures  sour  crop,  indigestion, 
loss  of  appetite,  constipation  and  some  forms  of  crop- 
bound.    Also  useful  in  nervous  diseases,  like  limber  neck. 

Remedy  No.  7. — Is  useful  in  egg-bound.  Success- 
fully used  to  promote  healthy  action  of  the  egg  organs  and 
start  hens  laying  after  molting.  Valuable  in  eye  diseases 
of  poultry  accompanied  by  the  swelling  of  one  eye,  with  a 
collection  of  yellow  matter  under  the  lids.  Also  useful  in 
blindness  in  chicks,  where  there  is  a  tendency  to  the  gum- 
ming up  of  the  eyelids. 

Remedy  No.  8. — For  rheumatism  and  cramps  in 
fowls  or  chicks,  particularly  when  accompanied  by  swollen 
legs,  lameness  and  difficulty  in  walking. 

Remedy  No.  9. — Useful  to  get  rid  of  worms  and 
other  intestinal  parasites. 

Remedy  No.  10.— This  remedy  is  used  with  great 
success  for  the  cure  of  the  disorders  of  egg  organs,  which 
cause  soft-shelled  and  blood-streaked  eggs.  It  promotes  a 
healthful  condition  of  the  reproductive  organs,  and  will 
correct  sterihty  and  impotence,  thus  insuring  fertile  eggs. 

Cyphers  Remedies  are  guaranteed  by  us  under  the   U.  S.  Food  and  Drugs  Act  of  June  30,  igo6,  Serial  No.  7703- 
Price  of  complete  set  of  ten  Remedies,  put  up  in  a  neat,  cloth-covered  case  (see  illustration), 

postpaid  to  any  address,  $2.00. 

Single  vials,  in  strong,  specially  prepared  mailing  tubes,  25c  each;  postpaid,  27c  each.    Order 

separate  vials  by  number. 

Cyphers  Remedy  No.  4  For  Chick  Diarrhoea 

Prepared  Only  in  the  Laboratory  of  Cyphers  Incubator  Company 

THIS  REMEDY,   in  the  treatment  of  diarrhoea  in 
chicks  and  cholera  in  adult  fowls,  has  proved  very 
effective  as  an  antiseptic,  sedative  and  astringent 
to  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  crop,  gizzard  and  intes- 
tines, relieving  at  once  all  irritability  and  changing  the 
character  of   the  intestinal   secretions.     The   old   idea  of 
using    "the    ax"    when    birds    showed    symptoms    of 
diarrhoea   or   cholera   is    no   longer    "good    practice," 
provided    Cyphers    Remedy    No.    4   is    used.     It   will 
cure   the  most  obstinate   cases   if   given   in  the  early 
stages  and  according  to  our  printed  directions. 

The  convenient  tablet  form  in  which  our  Remedy 
No.  4  is  put  up  will  appeal  to  all.  Each  tablet  con- 
tains the  same  amount  of  medicine  and  being  very 
soluble  is  readily  administered  in  the  drinking  water. 
Please  note  that  by  this  means  the  sick  fowls  "take 
their  own  medicine."  Being  prepared  from  the  purest 
drugs  and  in  a  special  and  careful  manner.  Cyphers 
Company  Remedy  Tablets  will  not  deteriorate  nor 
lose  their  strength  with  age.     All  tablets  are  packed 

Prices:  Per  vial,  25c;  postpaid,  27c;  five  vials,  one  order,  $1.00;  postpaid,  $1.10. 

SPECIAL — Be  sure  to  read  "Assorted  Order"  notice,  see  page  153. 


in  glass  vials,  having  metal  screw  caps,  and  these  vials 
are  enclosed  in  strong,  specially  prepared,  air-tight  and 
opaque  mailing  tubes,  thus  keeping  out  the  light  and 
preserving  the  medicinal  properties  of  each  remedy. 
Full  directions  for  use  are  printed  plainly  on  the  label  of 
each  vial.     These  directions  should  be  followed  carefully. 


Tweezers. 


Cyphers  Poultry  Medical  and  Surgical  Case 

Enables  Owner  to  Save  Many  a  Valuable  Fowl  That  Otherwise  Would  Die  from  Disease  or  Accident 

The  combined  Medical  and  Surgical  Case  contains  the 
following: 

Ten  Remediei 

One  Scalpel 
post-mortem  t 

One  Pair  Forceps  < 

One  Pair  Scissors. 

One  Medicine  Measuring  Glass. 

One  Medicine  Dropper. 

One  Roup  Syringe. 

One  Iodine  Bottle,  with  glass  brush,  enabling  the  operator  to 
make  application  without  staining  the  fingers. 

One  Camel's-Hair  Pencil. 

One  Tube  of  Cyphers  Remedial  Ointment  for  head  lice,  scaly 
leg,  chicken-pox,  excrescences,  etc. 

One  Box  of  Cyphers  Disinfecting  Tablets,  for  treatment  of  roup 
and  cuts,  or  to  be  used  as  a  wash  where  operations  are  necessary. 

One  Roll  of  Rubber  Adhesive  Plaster,  used  to  fasten  birds'  legs 
during  operations,  for  binding  splints  in  place  in  case  of  fractures,  etc. 

One  Package  of  Absorbent  Cotton,  for  making  swabs  in  the 
application  of  different  solutions  to  sores  and  wounds. 

One  10-yard  Gauze  Bandage,  for  binding  fractures,  etc. 

One  Caustic  Pencil,  for  canker,  cauterizing,  etc. 

One  Applicator,  for  applying  swabs,  etc. 

All  instruments  are  of  good  quality  steel,  nickel- 
plated  and  carefully  finished.  The  entire  outfit  is  put  up 
in  a  handsome,  strong,  cloth-covered  box.  The  remedies 
are  packed  in  metal-capped  vials,  and  are  labeled  to  show 
their  uses  and  the  dosage  in  each  case. 


Combined  Medical  and  Surgical  Case. 

THE  POPULAR  SUCCESS  of  our  Poultry  Medical 
Case,  combined  with  our  knowledge  based  on 
practical  experience  of  the  requirements  of  aver- 
age poultrymen,  prompted  us  to  combine  with  this  case 
a  surgical  outfit,  containing  such  surgical  instruments  and 
little  accessories  as  are  found  helpful  in  the  treatment  of 
injuries,  and  combating  diseases,  epidemics,  etc. 


Price  of  Cyphers  Poultry  Medical  and  Surgical  Case,  complete,  postpaid,  $3.00. 


Cyphers  Poultry  Surgical  Case 

When  Fine  Fowls  are  Worth  Five  Dollars  to  Five  Hundred  Dollars  Each  it  Pays  to  Save  Them 

FR  THE  CONVENIENCE  of  our  patrons  who 
do  not  require  the  combined  Medical  and  Surgi- 
cal Case,  we  can  supply  the  Cyphers  Surgical  Case, 
separately,  as  illustrated  herewith,  or  the  Cyphers  Medical 
Case,  as  illustrated  and  described  on  the  opposite  page. 
With  the  exception  of  the  ten  remedies,  which  are 
omitted,  the  Cyphers  Surgical  Case  consists  of  identi- 
cally the  same  instruments  and  accessories  as  are  con- 
tained in  the  combined  Medical  and  Surgical  Case. 

Price  of  Cyphers  Poultry  Surgical  Case,  com- 
plete, postpaid,  $1.50. 

SPECIAL  NOTICE:  To  those  who  already  have 
an  incomplete  collection  of  remedies  and  instruments,  we 
can  offer  the  contents  of  our  Combined  Medical  and 
Surgical  Case  separately,  at  the  following  prices: 

Remedies,  single  vials,  27  cents  each,  postpaid;  Scalpel, 
35  cents  each,  postpaid;  Forceps,  30  cents  each,  postpaid; 
Scissors,  30  cents  each,  postpaid;  Medicine  Measuring  Glass, 
15  cents  each,  postpaid;  Medicine  Dropper,  10  cents  each,  postpaid;  Roup  Syringe,  10  cents  each,  postpaid;  Iodine  Bottle,  15  cents 
each,  postpaid;  Camel's-Hair  Pencil,  10  cents  each,  postpaid;  Cyphers  Remedial  Ointment,  in  large  collapsible  tube,  25  cents  each, 
postpaid;  Cyphers  Disinfecting  Tablets,  15  cents  per  box;  Adhesive  Plaster,  10  cents  per  roll;  Absorbent  Cotton,  10  cents  per  package; 
Gauze  Bandage,  15  cents  per  10  yards;  Caustic  Pencil,  15  cents  each,  postpaid;  Apphcator,  15  cents  each,  postpaid. 


Surgical  Case  and  Contents. 


Sample  Reports — Cyphers  Poultry  Remedies 

Rochester,  N.  Y.,  November  18,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

There  was  a  head  disease  among  my  fowls  that  I  called  "Scaly 
Comb."  I  tried  all  kinds  of  lotions  and  everything  I  knew  of  to 
cure  it,  but  I  found  nothing  successful  until  I  tried  your 
Remedial  Ointment,  which  cured  the  fowls  with  two  applications. 
This  disease  is  contagious,  and  as  I  had  6,000  fowls  on  my  poultry 
plant  I  was  more  than  pleased  to  find  a  remedy  that  would  give 
relief. 

C.  H.  STAUNTON. 


Washington,  Mo.,  June  1,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  ¥.— 

The  Remedy  No.  4  which  I  purchased  from  you  was  very 
successful.  Up  to  the  time  I  had  received  your  medicine  I  lost  five 
hens  with  diarrhoea.  /  tried  in  vain  to  cure  them  with  other 
remedies.  When  I  got  your  Remedy  No.  4  1  had  three  very  sick 
fowls,  but  after  a  week's  treatment  they  were  cured.  I  also  used 
your  Remedy  No.  4  for  chicks,  putting  six  tablets  in  a  pint  of  water. 
This  was  given  three  times  a  dav.  The  Remedy  is  excellent  and 
better  than  any  I  ever  used.  H.  H.  BUCHOLZ. 


SPECIAL— Be  • 


read  "Assorted  Order" 


otice,  see  j 


153. 


Cyphers  Roup  Cure  (Guaranteed) 

A  Complete  Cure  Guaranteed,  or  Money  will  be  Refunded.     Used  in  the  Drinking  Water 


^ 


/CYPHERS  ROUP  CURE  is  the  best  remedy  for  roup  in  all  forms. 

It   is   thoroughly  reliable   and   always   uniform    in   quality  and 

strength.     Prevents  and  cures  common  colds,  and  for  the   cure 

of  canker  is  without  an  equal.     Will   be  found  to  be  of  special   value 

in   the  cure  of  all  forms  of  canker  in  pigeons  as  well  as  in  poultry. 

CYPHERS  ROUP  CURE  is  used  by  simply  dissolving  the  remedy 
in  the  drinking  water.  In  all  early  stages  the  sick  fowls  take  their 
medicine  in  this  easy  manner.  One  small-size  package  will  make  25 
gallons  of  roup  medicine. 

O  UR  G  UARANTY. — So  thoroughly  confident  are  we  of  the  value  of 
Cyphers  Roup  Cure  that  -we  guarantee  a  cure  in  each  and  every  case  of  roup 
where  it  is  used  according  to  our  directions,  except  in  the  last  and  incurable 
stage  of  the  disease.  If  after  using  Cyphers  Roup  Cure  you  are  dissatisfied 
■with  it.  return  to  us,  within  30  days  of  date  of  purchase,  the  empty  package 
with  a  certified  statement  of  when  and  where  the  Cyphers  Roup  Cure  was  bought,  and  get  your  money  back. 

Quality  and  quantity  considered,   Cyphers  Roup  Cure  is  exceedingly  economical  to  use.     The  value  of  one  fowl 
saved  will  more  than  repay  the  cost  of  a  large-size  package  of  the  remedy. 

Cyphers  Roup  Cure  is  guaranteed  by  us  under  the  U.  S.  Food  and  Drugs  Act  of  June  30,  igo6.  Serial  No.  7703- 
Prices:  Small-size  package,  25c  postpaid.     Medium-size,  50c  postpaid.     Large-size,  $1.00    postpaid. 

Napcreol  Disinfectant  (Trade  Mark  Name) 

A  Reliable,  Standard-quality  Poultry  House  and  General  Disinfectant.     A  Preventive  and  a  Remedy. 
Destroys  foul  odors  in  Poultry  Houses,  Dog  Kennels,  Stables  and  Cesspools 

TO  PROTECT   their   valuable    flocks  from  disease,  poultrymen  find  it 
necessary'  to  adopt  sanitary  measures — on  the  well-proved  theory  that 
an  ounce  of  prevention  is  worth  a  pound  of  cure.    Long  experience  has 
taught  us  (on  Cyphers  Company's  150,000  Poultry  Farm,  Buffalo,  N.  Y  )  that 
this  object  is  best  accomplished  by  the  frequent  and  regular 
use  of  a  first-class  disinfectant  and  deodorant  like  Napcreol. 
Until  we  placed  this  preparation  on  the  market  it  was  diffi- 
cult for  pou!  trymen  to  obtain  a  desirable  germ  killer  and  odor 
destroyer,  at  a  reasonable  cost,  since  nearly  all  articles  of 
this  nature  that  are  reliable  were  manufactured  expressly  for 
protection  of  human  beings,  and  were  priced  accordingly. 
Cyphers    Napcreol    is    a    highly-concentrated,    non- 
poisonous    preparation    which    can    be    made    ready    for 
immediate  use  by  simply  mixing  with  the  required  amount 
of  water.     It  is  valuable  fpr  the  disinfection  of  poultry 
houses,  stables,  dog  kennels,-  toilets,   sinks,   cesspools,    or 
any  place  where  a  good  germ  and  odor  destroyer  is  needed. 

One  Gallon  of  Napcreol  Makes  100  Gallons  of  Disinfectant  of  Sufficient  Strength,  to  do  the  Work. 

Prices:   1-qt.  cans,  50c;  balf-gal.  cans,  85c;  gal.  cans,  $1.50.    (By  freight  or  express.) 

WEKJHTS:'--i-qt.  can,  2  lbs.  6  oz.;  half-gal.  can,  4  lbs.  10  oz.;  gal.  can,  9M  lbs. 

Guaranteed  Egg  Preservative 

A  Tasteless,  Odorless  Preparation  That  Will  Keep  Fresh  Eggs  in  Excellent  Condition 
Six  to  Ten  Months.     One  Gallon  Jug  Sufficient  for  65  Dozen  Eggs 

SAVE-AL  is  the  trade  name  we  gave  to  this 
Guaranteed  Egg  Preservative  when  we 
placed  it  on  the  market  eight  years  ago. 
It  was  suggested  by  the  fact  that  this  prepar- 
ation positively  will  keep  strictly  fresh  eggs  in 
usable  and  marketable  condition  for  ten  months 
if  it  is  desired  to  hold  them  that  long — and  it 
saves  ALL  the  eggs,  not  merely  some  of  them. 
Save-Al  is  easy  to  use  and  is  absolutely  safe 
and  sure.  One  gallon  makes  sufficient  solution  to 
keep  65  dozen  eggs  in  perfect  condition  for  10 
months.  Eggs  preserved  in  Save-Al  are  superior 
in  every  way  to  limed  eggs.  The  solution  has 
been  thoroughly  and  carefully  tested,  and  critical 
observers  have  found  it  difficult  to  detect  the 
difference  between  a  fresh-laid  egg  purchased  in 
the  open  market  and  eggs  which  had  been  put  down  in  Save-Al  from  six  to  ten  months. 

We  Recommend  the  use  of  Save-Al  to  all  who  desire  to  Save  Money  by  Preserving  Eggs  when  Cheap  and  to  Have  Plenty 
tor  use  when  they  are  Scarce  and  High-Priced.     Save-Al  is  never  sold  in  bulk. 

Prices:    1   gal.,    weight,   17^  lbs.,    $1.00;    two    gals.,  $1.85;   three  gals.,   $2.50.      (By  freight  or 
express.)     Special  prices  on  10,  20  and  50-gal.  casks. 

SPECIAL — Be  sure  to  read  "Assorted  Order"  notice,  see  page  153. 


FITLL-NIST 
EGG-FOOD 


C; 

Guaranteed  by  Us 


Cyphers  Full-Nest  Egg  Food 

A  Concentrated  Egg-Producer  and  Meat  Food  Possessing  Valuable  Tonic  Properties 

THIS   CONCENTRATED  and  stimulating  egg  food  is  manufactured  in  the  Labora- 
tories of  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  we  guarantee  that  none 
but  pure  and  harmless  materials  are  used  in  its  composition. 
Every  enterprising,  watchful  poultry  keeper  wants  eggs  when  prices  are  high.     You 
positively  can  get  them  by  using  Full-Nest  Egg  Food.     An  increase  of  eight  eggs  a  month 
will  pay  fora42-ounce  package  of  FuU-Nest  Egg  Food,    which   will   bring  you   many 
times   that   number  of  extra  eggs.     Try  one  or  two  packages  and  test  our  claim! 

FULL-NEST  EGG  FOOD  is  not  only  an  egg-producer,  but  is  also  a  standard  con- 
dition powder  for  all  ages  of  poultry.      Besides  being  an  unexcelled  egg  producer  it  is  a 

concentrated  meat  food,    possessing    tonic    properties  which 

promote  good  health  and  fine  condition.  It  stimulates  and  in- 
vigorates; it  also  builds  up  the  system  and  helps  to  keep  it  up. 
Full-Nest  Egg  Food  will  help  your  birds  through  their 
molt,  make  the  feathers  develop  normally  and  induce  a 
high  state  of  perfection  in  plumage.  Hens  begin  laying 
sooner  after  molting  where  this  egg   food  is  used. 

For  growing  chicks  FuU-Nest  Egg  Food  is  the  best  substitute  for  insect 
life.  This  Food  contains,  in  a  highly  concentrated  form,  the  principal  food 
elements  supplied  by  bugs  and  insects,  thus  making  it  an  ideal  substitute. 

FUIX-NEST  EGG  FOOD  is  guaranteed  by  us  under  the  U.  S.  Food  and 
Drugs  Act   of   June   30,   1906,    Serial   No.  7793. 

Prices:  42- oz.  packages  (not  mailable),  each $  -25 

25-lb.  pails,  each 2.00 

Brand  Nodi  Charcoal  (Trade  Mark  Name) 

Jnder  the  U.  S.  Food  and  Drugs  Act  of  June  30,  1906, 
Serial  No.  7793 

GRANULATED    CHARCOAL,  if    pure,    is    a   highly   valuable  article  to   feed  to 
poultry  of  all  kinds.  Cyphers  Brand  Nodi  Charcoal  is  guaranteed  to  be  the  pure 
article,  and  is  prepared  expressly  for    domestic    fowls.     It  differs  radically  from 
the     ordinary     commercial  charcoal  offered  to  poultrymen.     It  is  differently  screened 
and   packed,    and   does   not  carry  large  quantities  of  worthless  dust. 

Nodi  Charcoal  is  useful  as  a  blood  purifier  and  disease  preventive.  It 
is  one  of  the  best  and  most  natural  remedies  for  sour  crop,  diarrhoea  and 
other  similar  digestive  troubles.  That  is  why  we  call  it  "Nodi  Charcoal" — 
no  diarrhoea  where  this  charcoal  is  used. 

We  prepare  Nodi  Charcoal  in  three  grades:  Grade  "A"  (fine  granu- 
lated) for  use  in  mash  mixtures  and  for  ducks;  grade  "B"  (medium  granu- 
lated) for  small,  newly-hatched  to  half-grown  chicks;  grade  "C"  (coarse 
granulated)  for  fowls  and  large  chicks.  Put  up  in  handy  paper  cartons  and 
also  in  50-pound  dust-proof  bags  bearing  our  trade  mark. 

Prices:     (In  Ordering  State  Grade  Desired,  Whether  "A,"  "B"  or  "C") 

2-lb.  cartons  (not  mailable),  each  $  .10      50-lb.  sacks,  each 

Per  }4  dozen  cartons 50      Two  50-lb.  sacks  . 

Per  1  dozen  cartons  (assorted  if  desire(     ...      1.10  (By  freight  or  express) 

Cyphers    Anti-Fly    Pest    (Our  Trade  Name) 
Drives  Flies  Off  Animals  and  Keeps  Them  Off.  A  Money-Saver  When  Used  on  Horses,  A:  ules,  Cattle,  etc. 
Easy  to  Apply,  Safe  to  Use,  Lasting  in  Effect 

THIS  IS  AN  ORIGINAL  Cyphers  Company  preparation  that  was 
placed  on  the  market  by  us  ten  years  ago  to   meet   an   active 
demand.     We  have  sold  it  in  every  State  in  the  Union  and  have 
shipped  it  on  repeat    orders  in  barrel   lots  to  foreign  countries. 

Anti-Fly  Pest  is  lasting.  It  does  not  leave  a  gummy  substance  be- 
hmd,  nor  injure  the  animal's  coat.  It  is  sure  death  to  flies,  but  its 
work  is  to  drive  rather  than  kill  them.  To  kill  flies  they  must  come 
in  contact  with  the  remedy,  and  this  annoyance  is  what  should  be 
avoided.  Anti-Fly  Pest,  therefore,  is  superior  to  similar  preparations 
which  have  only  killing  properties.  Anti-Fly  Pest  protects  mostly 
by  evaporation — the  fumes  do  the  work. 

One  Application  of  Cyphers  Anti-Fly  Pest  will  instantly  relieve 
horses  and  cattle  from  the  annoyance  of  flies,  mosquitoes,  gnats  and 
other  insects  of  all  descriptions  for  at  least  twenty-four  hours.  Its 
effect  on  cows  is  truly  wonderful;  it  insures  them  perfect  rest  and  a 
chance  to  feed  in  peace  and  quiet,  resulting  in  an  increased  quantity  of 
milk  with  less  food  consumed. 
Cows  sprayed  with  Anti-Fly  Pest  will  produce  25  per  cent,  more  milk.  One  gallon  of  Anti-Fly  Pest 
is  sufficient  to  treat  300  cows.     For  applying  it  we  recommend  the  Climax  Sprayer,  for  sale  by  us. 

Prices:    Half-gal.  can,  50c;   1-gal.   can,   75c;  5-gal.  jacketed  can,  $3.50.  (By  freight  or  express.) 

WEIGHTS:  Half-gal.,  41bs.  3  oz.;  gal.,  8Mlbs.;  S-gal.  jacket,  45  lbs. 

SPECIAL — Be  sure  to  read  "Assorted  Order"  notice,  tee  page  153, 

151 


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STANDARD 
POULTRY    SUPPLIES^ 


MOST  OF  THE  ARTICLES  described   and    offered  for  sale  under  this  heading  are 
manufactured  by  us;  several  are  bought  by  us  in  large  lots  to  be  re-sold.     Still 
others  are  made  specially  for  us,  to  meet  our  wishes  and  the  needs  of  our  customers. 
All  of  these  articles  are  strictly  high-class — this  we  guarantee. 

Every  article  manufactured  or  sold  by  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  is  warranted  to  be  exactly 
as  represented  and  in  proper  condition,  or  it  can  be  returned  promptly  and  we  will  replace  it  at 
once  or  refund  the  purchase  price. 

These  Cyphers  Company  Standard  Poultry  Supplies  are  not  high-priced.  They  meet 
competition — yet  preserve  real  quality.  We  offer  nothing — we  will  sell  nothing  to  Cyphers 
Company  Customers  unless  it  is  known  to  us  to  be  worth  having  and  profitable  to  use.  It  is 
on  this  basis  that  we  have  built  up,  in  the  last  fifteen  years,  the  largest  business  in  the  world 
in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  "Everything  Worth  While  for  Poultry  Keepers." 
Yours  for  still  greater  success, 

CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY, 
BUFFALO,  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A.,  December  1,  1911.  GRANT  M.  CURTIS,  President. 


High  Grade  Tested  Thermometers 


THE  best  incubator  or  brooder 
manufactured  is  useless  unless 
the  thermometer  used  therein  is 
accurate.  Hundreds  of  hatches  in  incu- 
bators fail  because  of  inferior  thermom- 
eters, and  large  numbers  of  chickens 
are  killed  in  brooders  owing  to  defective 
or  worthless  thermometers.  The  oper- 
ator, to  be  successful,  must  kno\V  the 
exact  temperature  in  the  egg  chamber  of 
the  incubator  and  be  sure  that  the 
chickens  in  his  brooder  have  the  proper 
amount  of  heat.  The  thermometers  here 
listed  are  manufactured  especially  for  us. 
and  are  thoroughly  tested  before  they 
are  shipped.  Two-thirds  of  the  thermom- 
eters on  the  market  are  made  from 
improperly  seasoned  glass  tubes,  and 
are  what  are  termed  green  thermometers. 
We  carry  thousands  of  thermometer 
tubes  in  stock  year  after  year,  so  as 
Cyphers  Brooder  to  avoid  using  anything  but  well- 
Thermometer.  reasoned  glass  tubes.  All  of  our  ther- 
mometers   have   been    seasoned    at    least    two   years. 

Cyphers  Incubators  are  guaranteed  only  when 
operated  with  Cyphers  Company's  Specially-tested  Incu- 
bator  Thermometers. 


Cyphers  Incubator  Thermometer. 

Prices 

Cyphers  Incubator  Thermometers,  each,  postpaid $  .65 

Cyphers  Incubator  Thermometers,  two,  postpaid 1.20 

Cyphers  Incubator  Thermometers,  twelve,  by  express 5.50 

Cyphers  Brooder  Thermometers,  each,  postpaid 50 

Cyphers  Brooder  Thermometers,  two,  postpaid 95 

Cyphers  Brooder  Thermometers,  twelve,  by  express 5.00 

NOTE. — The  price  of  Incubator  Thermometers  does  not  include 
the  wire  hanger.  Wire  hangers  will  be  supplied  at  10  cents  extra 
for  each  thermometer.  In  ordering  a  thermometer  or  wire  hanger, 
be  sure  to  state  name  and  size  of  incubator  or  brooder  you 
want  it  for,  also  date  of  manufacture.  This  is  important. 
The  wire  on  which  the  thermometer  is  suspended  is  a  part 
of  the  incubator,  and  not  a  part  of  the  thermometer. 
Therefore,  in  returning  a  thermometer  or  ordering  a  new  one,  do 
not  return  the  wire. 


SPECIAV—Be 


to  read  "Attorted  Order"  notice,  tee  page  153. 


C-E-Z  Thermometer  Device 

A  Great    Help   to   Operators   whose  Sight    is  Poor  or 
when  Incubators  are  Operated  in  Dark  Places 

THIS  device  suspends  the  thermometer  in  its  proper  place 
in  the  center  of  the  egg  chamber.  When  the  button  is 
pulled  out  it  brings  the  thermometer  close  to  the  glass 
door  of  the  incubator  so  that  it  may  be  read  easily.  It  requires 
only  a  few  moments  to  install  this  thermometer  device  in  any 
Standard  Cyphers  Incubator.  Packed  securely  in  corrugated 
box,  with  directions  for  installing. 

When  ordering,  please  state  size  of  incubator  and  year 
purchased,  if  possible,  or  give  distance  between  upper  diaphragm 
and  wire  mesh  of  egg  tray. 

Prices:     Each,  40c;  50c  postpaid. 


Cyphers  Practical  Egg  Tester 

CYPHERS  Practical  Egg  Tester  is  the  standard  tester  in  use  on  large  duck 
and  broiler  farms,  and  embodies  the  best  ideas  to  date.  This  tester  is  i8 
inches  high,  lo  inches  wide  and  lo  inches  deep.  The  top  is  of  galvanized 
iron.  It  is  equipped  with  an  extra  strong  reflector  of  superior  quality.  The 
seamless-bottom  lamp  is  made  of  the  best  heavy,  galvanized  iron.  No  chimney 
IS  furnished,  because  of  the  liability  of  breakage  in  shipping.  An  ordinary  glass 
chimney,  such  as  is  used  on  a  house  lamp,  will  fit  the  burner  and  is  exactly  adapted 
to  the  purpose.  The  strong  light  penetrates  the  shell  and  brings  to  view  the 
development  of  the  contents  of  egg,  making  it  possible  to  discover  the  degree  of 
fertility,  or  the  growth  of  the  embryo.     Weight,  14  pounds. 

Price,  complete,  including  box,  lamp  and  reflector. ..  $1.25 


Cyphers  X-Ray  Egg  Tester 


THE  Cyphers  X-Ray  Egg  Tester  is  made  of  block  tin,  and  consists  of  a  central  cylinder  or  lamp  flue  5^  inches 
high,  with  an  outside  diameter  of  2^  inches  at  the  base  and  2^  inches  at  the  top.  It  is  designed  for  use 
on  an  ordinary  hand  lamp  and  fits  over  any  style  of  burner  with  a  diameter  approximating  that  of  the  tester. 
The  test  tube,  against  which  the  egg  is  held,  is  2j^  inches  in  diameter,  and  the  open  end  consists  of  a  piece  of  leather- 
cloth.  The  egg  is  held  against  a  i}^-inch  oval-shaped  hole  in  this  felt,  and  the  light  is  reflected 
by  the  polished  tin  through  a  sheet  of  mica  that  covers  the  narrow  end  of  the  testing  tube  and 
allows  the  light  from  the  flame  to  enter  the  tube.  In  a  dark  room  this  light  will  be  found  strong 
enough  to  penetrate  the  shell  and  illuminate  the  interior  of  the  egg.  One  of  these  testers  is 
shipped  free  with  each  Cyphers  Incubator.  They  are  thoroughly  practical,  and  where  small 
numbers  of  eggs  are  to  be  tested  will  answer  the  purpose  as  well  as  our  large  tester.  Where,  how- 
ever, large  numbers  of  eggs  are  to  be  handled,  we  recommend  the  Cyphers  Practical  Egg 
Tester  as  being  more  desirable. 

Prices:    25c  each;  by  mail,  35c  each. 


that  of  the  tester, 
a  piece  of  leather- 


AN  ASSORTED  ORDER  WILL  SAVE  YOU  MONEY 


TN  this  Catalogue  the  weights  of  articles  are  given,  so  that  customers  of  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  can  make 
■*-  up  '*As8orted  Orders"  to  weigh  100  pounds  or  more,  and  thus  secure  the  100-pound  freight  rate,  which  is  much 
lower  than  the  rate  for  25  or  50  pounds. 

THESE  ASSORTED  ORDERS  wlU  be  safely  boxed  by  us  without  extra  charge,  regardless  of  whether  the 
customer  pays  the  single-article,  small-package  prices,  or  takes  advantage  of  the  one-fourth  dozen,  one-half  dozen 
or  dozen  prices. 

WITH  HEAVIER  GOODS:  We  also  advise  our  customers  to  include  a  supply  of  small,  light-weight  articles 
with  their  orders  for  heavier  goods,  such  as  Incubators,  Brooders,  Adaptable  Hovers,  Coops,  Poultry  Foods,  etc.,  etc. 
Often  we  can  pack  the  smaller  articles  with  the  larger  ones  at  a  considerable  saving,  while  in  all  cases,  if  there  are 
several  packages  (two  or  more)  in  a  shipment,  the  100-pound  freight  rate  will  apply,  provided  the  combined  weight 
of  the  packages  equals  or  exceeds  100  pounds. 

THEREFORE,  WE  ASK  YOU  to  serve  your  own  interests  by  either  making  up  an  ASSORTED  ORDER  that 
will  weigh 100  pounds  or  more,  or  to  Include  your  order  for  small,  light-weight  packages  or  articles  with  your  require- 
ments in  heavy-weight  goods. 

FOR  COMPLETE  LIST  of  Poultry  Appliances  and  Supplies,  consult  Index,  page  245. 


Prices  of  Extras  for  Incubators  and  Brooders 

A  LL  goods  listed  below  may  be  obtained  from  Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  Boston,  New  York, 
/\  Chicago,  Kansas  City,  or  Oakland.  The  prices  given  opposite  each  article  indicate  the  price  at  factory 
■*-■*■  or  branch  store,  and  the  postpaid  price  where  stated.  Customers  desiring  articles  by  mail  will  please 
be  sure  to  remit  postpaid  price  with  their  order.  All  articles  on  which  we  do  not  name  a  postpaid  price  will 
be  sent  by  express  or  freight  at  customer's  expense.  In  case  of  mailable  articles  where  postpaid  price  is  not  remitted, 
the  order  will  be  either  held  for  postage  or  shipped  by  express  at  customer's  expense.  No  extras  will  be  sent  C.  O.  D. 
In  ordering  parts  from  this  list  give  the  number  of  the  part,  if  specified.  (See  also  our  book,  "Directions  for  Oper- 
ating.")     Also  state  whether  the  parts  are  required  for  1912-Pattern  Machines    or  for  what  year. 

IMPORTANT  NOTICE:— When  ordering  extras  for  either  incubators  or  brooders  other  than  1907-8-9-10-U-12  patterns, 
customers  must  be  sure  to  state  style  and  size  of  incubator  and  the  year  manufactured,  as  shown  on  the  name-plate  or  packers 
slip  pasted  inside  egg  chamber.  To  prevent  error  please  describe  machine.  In  case  of  brooders  be  sure  to  state  style  and 
size.  It  is  absolutely  necessary  for  us  to  have  this  information  in  order  to  supply  parts  that  will  fit  your  machine.  When 
ordering  extras  for  either  incubators  or  brooders.  1907-8-9-10-11-12  pattern,  always  mention  full  number  stenciled  on  bottom  of 
incubator  or  on  cover  of  brooder.  Unless  advised  to  the  contrary,  we  will  always  supply  extras  for  goods  of  1912  pattern.  We 
positively  will  not  be  responsible  for  errors  where  customers  fail  to  give  the  information  as  above  required. 


Extras  for  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators 

Cyphers  Incubator  Lamps  (seamless  bottom),  with 
burner  and  wick  complete,  No.  0,  75  cents  each;  Nos.  1,  2  and  3, 
90  cents  each. 

Lamp  Bowls  without  burner  (seamless  bottoms).  No.  0, 
50  cents  each;  Nos.  1,  2  and  3,  60  cents  each. 

Incubator  Lamp  Burners,  No.  0,  each  30  cents;  postpaid 
35  cents.  No.  1.  40  cents;  postpaid  50  cents.  Nos.  2  and  3,  each 
50  cents;  postpaid  60  cents. 

Lamp  Wicks.  For  use  in  Incubator  Lamps  only  (state  size 
of  machine  for  which  they  are  wanted).  For  Nos.  0  and  1.  per 
dozen.  IS  cents;  postpaid  18  cents.  For  Nos.  2  or  3.  per  dozen. 
20  cents;  postpaid  22  cents. 

Egg  Trays  (not  pedigree),  No.  0,  55  cents  each;  No.  1.  $1 
each;  No.  2.  per  set  of  two,  $1.75;  No.  3,  per  set  of  two,  $2.40. 

Heaters.  No.  0,  $2.50  each;  Nos.  1,  2  or  3.  $2.75  each.  (Lamp 
not  included.) 

Mica  for  Heater,  each  5  cents;  postpaid  7  cents. 

Felt  Diaphragms  (without  frame).  No.  0  Incubator,  each 
30  cents;  postpaid  35  cents.  No.  1.  40  cents;  postpaid  45  cents. 
No.  2,  per  pair,  65  cents;  postpaid  70  cents.  No.  3,  per  pair.  96 
cents;  postpaid  98  cents. 

Burlap  Diaphragms,  or  Muslin  Diaphragms  (without 
frame),  for  No.  0.  each  10  cents;  postpaid  12  cents.  No.  1.  each 
15  cents;  postpaid  20  cents.  No.  2,  per  pair,  30  cents;  postpaid 
35  cents.    No.  3.  per  pair,  35  cents;  postpaid  40  cents. 

Incubator  Legs,  No.  0,  each  25  cents;  per  set  of  four,  75 
cents;  No.  1,  each  30  cents;  per  set  of  four,  $1.  Nos.  2  or  3,  each 
35  cents;   per  set  of  four,  $1.  25. 

Lamp  Bracket  (for  1908  and  earlier  patterns),  including 
wooden  rest.  No.  0,  each  55  cents;   Nos.  1,  2  and  3,  each  60  cents. 

Flame  Reducer  (state  size) ,  each  25  cents;  postpaid  30  cents. 

Wooden  Arm  for  Regulator  (321),  each  20  cents.  These 
arms  are  all  shipped  extra  long;  customer  cuts  to  fit  machine. 

Tin  Disc  (327)  and  Wire  (326)  (state  size  of  machine),  each 
10  cents;  postpaid  12  cents. 

Regulator  Arm  (321),  including  counterpoise  weight  (323) 
and  rod  (322),  pivot  casting  (317),  wooden  arm  (321),  tin  disc  (327) 
and  wire  (326),  any  size,  each  75  cents. 

Connecting  Rods  (318),  No.  0,  each  20  cents;  postpaid 
25  cents.     Nos.  1,  2  or  3,  each  25  cents;  postpaid  30  cents. 

Counterpoise  Weights  (323),  each  15  cents;  postpaid  25 
cents.    (With  nuts  for  locking.) 

Counterpoise  Rod  (322) ,  No.  0,  each  10  cents;  postpaid 
15  cents.  No.  1,  each  12  cents;  postpaid  17  cents.  Nos.  2  and  3, 
each  15  cents;  postpaid  20  cents.     (State  size.) 

Pivot  Casting  (317),  each  25  cents;  postpaid  30  cents. 

Connecting  Rod  Thumb  Nuts  (319),  (320),  each  10  cents; 
postpaid  15  cents.  (Specify  whether  upper  (320)  or  lower  (319) 
nut  is  wanted.) 

Center  Casting  (315)  and  Connecting  Tube  (314),  Nos, 
1.  2  or  3.  each  75  cents;  No.  0.  70  cents. 

Base  Casting  (316).  each  20  cents;  postpaid  30  cents. 

Thermostat  (312),  No.  0,  each$l.S0;  Nos.  1,  2  or  3,  each  $2. 

Regulating  Device,  complete.  No.  0.  $3.50.  Nos.  1,  2  or 
3,  $4.00. 

Wire  Hanger  for  Incubator  Thermometer  (state  if  for 
Nos.  0,  1,  2  or  3  Incubator),  each  8  cents;  postpaid  10  cents. 

Incubator  Thermometer  (without  wire  hanger),  each,  60 
cents;  postpaid  65  cents. 

Chimney  for  1909  or  1910  Lamp,  25  cents;  postpaid  30 
cents. 

Screen  for  1909  or  1910  Lamp  Chimney,  10  cents;  postpaid 
12  cents. 

Filler  Cap  with  Tube  for  1909,  1910,  1911  or  1912  Lamp, 
5  cents;  postpaid  7  cents. 

Guide  Ring,  Small,  7  cents;  postpaid  10  cents. 

Guide  Ring,  Large,  7  cents;  postpaid  10  cents. 

~     i      1910  Ls         "     ■ 

I  centa. 


)  Lamp  Enclosure,  10  cents; 


Extras  for  Standard  Cyphers  Brooders 

Insulated  Brooder  Stove,  1907-8,  complete,  each  $1.75. 

Brooder  Lamp,  1906  pattern,  complete  with  burner  for  Storm 
King  and  Hygienic  Brooder,  $1.50. 

Brooder  Lamp,  complete  with  Zenith  burner  for  Storm  King 
Brooder.  1906  pattern,  each  90  cents. 

Brooder  Lamp,  without  Zenith  burner  for  Storm  King  and 
Hygienic  Brooders,  1906  pattern,  each  SO  cents. 

Storm  King  or  Hygienic  Brooder  Lamp  Bowl,  1906,  with- 
out burner,  50  cents. 

Lamp  Wicks,  for  brooder  lamps,  1906-7-8-9-10-11-12  pat- 
tern, per  dozen,  15  cents;  postpaid  18  cents. 

Wicks  for  Insulated    Brooder   Stove,    1907-8  pattern,    per 
dozen,  15  cents;  postpaid  18  cents. 

Brooder  Hovers  (1908  and  earlier  patterns).  State  which 
style  is  wanted,  wood  top  and  felt  included.     Each  75  cents. 

Cylindrical  Wire  Chick  Guard  (1908  and  earlier  patterns), 
with  wood  top,  each  35  cents.     State  style  and  size  of  brooder. 

Brooder  Ventilator  Slides,  per  pair,  15  cents;  postpaid 
20  cents.     (State  style  of  brooder.) 

Hygienic  Brooder  Thermometers,  1906,  unmounted,  each 
40  cents;  postpaid  45  cents;  mounted  on  wooden  holder,  each  SO 
cents;  postpaid  55  cents. 

Brooder  Thermometers,  for  all  styles  of  brooders,  1906- 
7-8-9-10-11-12  pattern  (state  style  of  brooder),  each  45  cents; 
postpaid  50  cents. 

Felts  for  Brooders — Hover  Felts,  each  50  cents;  postpaid 
60  cents.  (State  style  of  brooder.)  Partition  Felt  for  Style  A 
Brooder,   1907-8,  each  25  cents;  postpaid  30  cents. 

Regulating  Device  for  Self-Regulating  Colony  Brooders, 
1907-8,  $2.50. 

Regulating  Device  for  1909-10-11-12  Pattern  Self-Re£u- 
lating  Colony  Brooders,  $2.50. 

Wind  Shield,  1907-8,  20  cents. 

Burner  for  Insulated  Brooder  Stove,  each  40  cents;  post- 
paid 50  cents. 

Chimney  for  Insulated  Brooder  Stove,  each  20  centa;  post- 
paid 25  cents. 

Burner  and  Chimney,  complete,  for  Insulated  Brooder 
Stove,  per  set  55  cents;  postpaid  70  cents. 

Chimney  (for  1909-10-11-12  Pattern  Brooders),  25  cents. 
postpaid  30  cents. 

FiUer  Cap  with  Tube  (for  1909-10-11-12  Pattern  Brooders), 
S  cents;  postpaid  7  cents. 

Guide  Ring  for  Lamp,  7  cents;  postpaid  10  cents. 

Mirror,  5  cents;  postpaid  7  cents. 

Chimney  for  1905  Safety  Brooder  Stove,  each  35  cents. 

Oil  Bowl  for  1905  Safety  Brooder  Stove,  each  65    cents. 

Safety  Brooder  Stove,  complete,  1905  pattern,  $1.75. 

Mica  for  1905  Safety  Brooder  Stove,  each  10  cents. 

Water  Pan  and  Spider  Casting  for  1905  Safety  Brooder 
Stove,  each  60  cents. 

Brooder  Lamp,  complete  with  burner  and  wick  for  1909- 
lO-U-12  Brooder,  each  90  cents. 

Perforated  Screen  for  1905  Brooder  Stove,  each   15  cents. 

Regulator  Arm  for  Adaptable  Hover,  each  40  cents;  post- 
paid 45  cents. 

Galvanized  Disk  and  Wire  for  Adaptable  Hover,  each  10 
cents;  postpaid  12  cents. 

Connecting  Rod  lor  Adaptable  Hover,  each  20  cents; 
postpaid  25  cents. 

Zenith  Chimneyless  Burner,  each  40  cents;  postpaid  50 
cents. 

Extras  for  Paradise  Brooders 

Stoves,  complete,  each,  $3.75,  by  express. 
Upper  Reservoir,  60  cents,  by  express. 
Valve  to  Upper  Reservoir,  postpaid  15  cents. 
Feed    Pipe    for    One    Burner,    with    Socket   and   Lower 
Reservoir,  $1.25,  by  express. 

Clamp,  with  Nut  and  Set  Screw,  postpaid  15  cents. 

Wick  Tube  and  Elbow,  75  cents,  by  express. 

Wick,  with  Carrier,  postpaid  30  cents. 

GoUar,  postpaid  15  cents. 

Flame  Spreader,  postpaid  15  cents. 

Enameled  Drum,  with  Door,  75  cents,  by  express. 

Pluft  and  Washer  for  Feed  Pipe,  postpaid  15  cents. 


Cyphers  Safety  Remodeling  Outfit 

Consists  of  Standard   Cyphers   Incubator   Heater   and   Safety   Lamp   Enclosure,    Complete. 
Installing  on  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators — All  Sizes 

THE   installation  of  this   Safety  Remodeling  Outfit  will   renew  those 
parts   of   the   Incubator,    including   the   heater,    most    subject   to 
wear,  and  thus  will  make  the  machine  practically  as  good  as  new. 
While  we  are  not  able  to  furnish  these  Outfits  with  the   Insurance  Label 
attached,  nevertheless  the  safety  feature  of   the  lamp  and    heater  is  the 
same  as  in  our  latest-pattern  machines. 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company  urgently  recommends  the  use  of  these 
Safety  Outfits  on  every  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator  now  in  use,  and  for 
this  reason  we  have  made  the  prices  as  low  as  possible. 

The  Safety  Outfit  can  be  attached  to  incubator  by  simply  screwing 
in  the  four  screws  with  a  screw-driver.  No  other  tools  are  required. 
Any  poultryman  can  do  the  entire  job  in  ten  minutes.  The  Safety  Outfit 
is  shipped  complete,  properly  assembled  in  one  piece,  so  that  no  assembling 
is  required  by  operator.      Shipping  weight,  about  30  lbs. 

The  Cyphers  Safety  RemodeUng  Outfit,  complete,  consists  of  the 
following : — 

Standard  Cyphers  Heater. 

Lamp  Enclosure  with  Hooks  for  attaching  Enclosure  to.  bolts  i 

New  Seamless-bottom  Lamp,  with  burner  collar  eccentric  so  t 
in  proper  alignment  invariably  with  heat  flue. 

New  Burner  and  Guide  Ring,  which  engages  heat  flue  and  prevents  smoking  of 

Asbestos  Pads  for  spacing  heater  proper  distance  from  wooden  case  of  incubator. 
Instructions  for  Ordering  Remodeling  Outfits 
In  ordering  a  Safety  Remodeling  Outfit  for  installation  on  any  Standard 
Cyphers  Incubator  —  no  matter  when   manufactured,   please  observe  the 
following,  as  it  is  highly  important: — 

For  the  purpose  of  securing  exact  measurements  to  send  to  us,  remove  the  heater  from  your  incubator  by  unscrewing 
the  four  screws  by  which  it  is  attached  to  machine.  Take  a  piece  of  paper  about  24  inches  long  and  4  inches  wide,  place 
this  over  the  end  of  the  machine  and  trace  thereon  a  diagram  of  the  holes  through  which  pipes  enter  incubator, 
being  particular  to  show  the  holes  the  exact  distance  apart  they  are  on  the  incubator.  This  will  enable  us  to  determine 
the  size  of  Heater  to  fit  your  machine.  Also  state  size  of  your  machine  and  the  year  it  was  manufactured,  if  you  know. 
Prices:  Safety  Remodeling  Outfit,  complete,  for  No.  0  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator, .  .$4.75 
Safety  Remodeling  Outfit,  complete,  for  Nos.  1,  2  and  3  Cyphers  Incubators, , . ,  .5.50 


fresh-air   flue  of 
it  burner  is  held 


Sectional  View  of  Standard  Cyphers  Incu- 
bator showing  how  we  attach  the  Safety  Lamp 
Enclosure  to  Heater.  The  Outfit  is  shipped 
to  customer  properly  assembled  for  attaching  to 
case  of  incubator  in  ten  minutes'  time. 


Cyphers  Safety  Brooder  Stove 

Used  in  Heating  Home-Made  Brooders 

CYPHERS  Safety  Brooder  Stove  was  invented  by  this  Company.  We  used 
it  for  years  in  our  old-style  standard  brooders,  selling  tens  of  thousands 
of  them.  This  stove  consists  of  a  brass  oil  fount  and  a  safety  water  pan 
of  the  same  metal,  that  holds  nearly  a  quart  of  water  and  extends  out  over 
the  entire  surface  of  the  oil  bowl,  thus  placing  a  sheet  of  cold  water  an  inch  to  an 
inch  and  a  half  in  thickness  between  the  oil  in  the  oil  fount,  or  bowl,  and  the  fiame. 
The  wick  tube  extends  upward  through  the  water  pan  and  through  the  cast- 
iron  base  into  the  flue  chamber,  which  is  composed  of  the  best  quality  of  Russian 
sheet  iron,  the  top  consisting  of  a  solid  casting  of  common  iron.  The  long  wick 
stem,  by  which  the  wick  is  turned  up  and  down,  reaches  from  the  wick  tube 
outward  through  the  side  of  the  water  pan,  and  is  kept  cool  by  the  water. 
Prices  of  Cyphers  Safety  Brooder  Stove:     Each,  $1.75.    Six,  $9.50 


WEIGHTS;     One, 


,  32  lbs. 


Cyphers  Insulated  Brooder  Stove  (Patented) 

For  Use  in  Heating  Home-Made  Brooders 

ALSO  is  a  Cyphers  Company  invention.  This  long-bowl,  improved 
A%  safety  stove  combines  a  heater  proper,  a  burner  equipped  with 
metalUc  chimney,  an  insulating  plate  that  serves  also  as  a  stove 
slide,  and  an  upright  plate  of  galvanized  iron  that  forms  the  door  to  the 
brooder  through  which  the  stove  is  operated.  (See  illustration.)  The 
name  can  be  adjusted  and  the  oil-bowl  filled  without  removing  the 
stove  from   the    brooder. 

The  heat  of  the  fiame  is  deflected  away  from  the  oil  reservoir,  and 
the  oil  remains  cool  at  all  times.  This  stove  will  burn  forty-eight  hours 
or  more  without  refilling.  We  especially  recommend  this  stove  for 
use  with  home-made  brooders.  There  is  no  water-jacket  to  fill  (or  forget), 
and  it  is  absolutely  safe  from  explosion. 

Prices  of  Cyphers  Insulated  Brooder  Stove:  Each $1.75 

WEIGHTS:     One,  10  lbs;  six,  60  lbs. 
SPECIAL — Be  sure  to  read  'Assorted  Order"  notice,  see  page  153 

155 


Cyphers  Automatic  Moisture  Device 

(Patent  AppUed  For) 
For  Use  on  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  in  Arid  Districts,  High  Altitudes,  Dry  Apartments,  Etc. 


CYPHERS  patent-diaphragm  incubators  are  known 
the  world  over  as  non-moisture  machines.  Under 
normal  and  ordinary  conditions  they  require  no 
supplied  moisture  whatever.  Thousands  of  purchasers 
have  used  them  season  after  season,  during  the  last  fifteen 
years,  without  adding  a  particle  of  moisture  in  any 
shape  or  form.  This  is  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that 
the  air  which  passes  into  the  incubator 
and  that  which  is 
thrown  off  from 
the  eggs  through 
the  porous  shells  is 
conserved  by  the 
porous  diaphragm 
construction  of  the 
genuine  Cyphers, 
as  covered  by  pat- 
ents owned  by  this 
company. 

Let  it  be  under- 
stood,  therefore 
that  for  the  reason 

„     .        ,   .       »■    ,,  .  x^    .  above    stated    the 

Cyphers  Automatic  Moisture  Device.  ,.         ,  „      , 

operation  of  Cyph- 
ers Company  Standard  Incubators  requires  no  added 
moisture,  where  the  surrounding  atmosphere  is  in  its 
normal  condition;  that  is,  where  the  moisture  naturally 
contained  in  the  air  has  not  by  any  means,  either  natural 
or  artificial,  been  removed.  Generally  speaking  the  atmos- 
.  phere  throughout  the  inhabitable  globe  possesses  at  all 
times  sufficient  moisture  for  the  incubation  of  eggs  and 
therefore  our  Standard  Incubators  are  being  successfully 
operated  in  practically  all  parts  of  the  civilized  world 
without  a  particle  of  added  moisture,  by  reason  of  their 
patented  mechanism,  as  above  referred  to. 

There  are,  however,  exceptional  conditions  existing 
in  arid  districts  and  in  the  high  altitudes  of  mountainous 
regions,  which  deprive  the  air  of  its  natural  moisture, 
under  which  conditions  even  hens  cannot  hatch  eggs 
satisfactorily.  These  conditions  are  sometimes  dupli- 
cated in  places  where  the  natural  moisture  has  been 
extracted  from  the  atmosphere  artificially,  as  is  the  case 
in  continuously  heated  and  dry  apartments.  Under 
such  conditions  it  is  beneficial  to  return  to  the  atmosphere 
a  portion  of  the  moisture  it  has  lost.  This  may  be  done 
in  various  ways,  but  the  method  we  have  invented  is 
believed  to  be  the  best  and  most  convenient  discovered 
to  date. 

That  such  adverse  conditions  as  we  have  described 
do  exist  has  been  established  by  numerous  experiments 
conducted  by  the  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  during 
several  years  in  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Colorado,  Utah, 
the  Republic  of  Mexico  and  in  the  liigh  altitudes  of 
British  South  Africa.  The  result  of  these  experiments  has 
been  the  invention  by  us  of  an  automatic  self -feeding 
moisture  device  that  is  attachable  to  ALL  SIZES  AND 
PATTERNS  of  the  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  without 
the  employment  of  hooks,  bolts  or  other  fastenings — a 
device  that  we  are  pleased  to  recommend  for  use  on 
incubators  of  this  company's  manufacture  when  they  are 
operated  at  high  altitudes,  in  arid  regions,  in  eery 
dry  apartments  and  during  droughty  periods — ^BUT 
NOT  OTHERWISE. 


Conditions  Explained 

When  an  egg  is  laid  the  contents  exactly  fill  the  shell 
and  the  space  knovra  later  on  as  the  "air  cell"  does  not 
exist;  but  as  soon  as  the  egg  is  excluded  evaporation  begins 
through  the  pores  of  the  shell  and  an  air  cell  soon  appears 
at  the  large  end  of  the  egg.  The  rapidity  with  which  this 
air  space  grows  depends  on  the  humidity  and  move- 
ment of  the  air  that  envelopes  the  egg.  Dry  air 
takes  up  moisture  more  rapidly  than  does  moist  air,  and 
air  in  motion  accelerates  the  process  of  evaporation. 

In  case  excessive  evaporation  does  reduce  the  con- 
tents of  the  egg  beyond  a  certain  point,  the  embryo  will 
weaken  and  die.  Furthermore,  if  excessive  evaporation 
reduces  the  contents  of  the  egg  to  such  an  extent  that 
the  size  of  the  developing  chick  is  diminished  to  a  fatal 
degree  the  chick  will  be  so  weakened  that  it  cannot  break 
the  dry,  tough  membrane  and  hardened  shell  and  will 
die  in  the  attempt,  resulting  in  "  chicks  dead  in  the  shell." 
Hence   the  invention  of  an  automatic  moisture  device. 

The  device  is  placed  on  the  enclosure  as  shown  in 
illustration  below.  The  absorbent  material  and  curved 
metal  piece  pass  around  the  fresh-air  intake  of  the 
heater,  thus  exposing  the  surface  of  the  water  -  charged 
conductor  to  the  fresh  air  that  enters  the  heater  and 
passes  upward  into  the  radiating  chamber  and  thence 
downward  into  the  egg  chamber. 

By  this  simple,  effective  and  automatic  method 
the  dry  air  which  surrounds 
the  incubator  is  charged  with 
moisture  as  it  passes  into 
the  machine  and  therefore 
does  not  draw  heavily  upon 
the  moisture  contents  of  the 
eggs.  By  this  means  the  extra- 
ordinary conditions  that  con- 
front the  operator  of  a  Cyphers 
Incubator  in  mountainous 
regions,  or  where  exceedingly 
dry  weather  and  artificially 
warmed  air  must  be  reckoned 
with,  are  overcome.  This  device 
is  not  sold  regularly  with  Cyph- 
ers Incubators,  for  the  reason 
that  in  most  cases  it  is  not 
needed  —  in  fact  would  be  a 
waste  of  money  and  time. 
We  do  recommend  its  use.  how- 
ever, under  the  conditions 
described,  and  it  will  be  found 
to  be  "  almost  worth  its  weight 
in  gold,"  as  one  experimenter 
expressed  it.  The  Automatic 
Moisture  Device  is  the  result  of 
much  experimenting.  Several 
other  devices  were  tried,  but 
after  many  experiments,  were 
discarded  in  favor  of  the  unique.  Illustration  showing  Auto- 
convenient     and     infallible    one       matic  Moisture  Device  in 

_,  .  position  on  Incubator, 

shown     m    the    pictures.     This 

attachment  is  simplicity  itself  in  construction,  automatic 
in  operation,  and  cannot  get  out  of  order. 

Prices  of  Automatic  Moisture  Device 
Each,  with  3  conductors,  express,  prepaid.  ,$1.50 

In  J^-doz.  lots  with  conductors,  each 1.40 

In  J^-doz.  lots  with  conductors,  each 1.25 

Special  Prices  on  Larger  Lots  in  Single  Shipments. 


SPECIAL— Be  sure  to  read  "Assorted  Order"  notice,  see  page  153. 


Cyphers  Combination  Blue-Flame  Gas  Burner 

(Patent  Applied  For) 

Use  of  Gas  for  Heating  Incubators  is  Recommended  where  Supply  is 
Uniform.    Safe  and  Economical  Device  for  this  Purpose 

MANY  operators  of  Cyphers  Incubators  are  so  situated  that  they  can  use  gas  for  heating 
their  machines  in  place  of  oil.     Gas  furnishes  a  satisfactory  heat  where  the  supply  is 
uniform,  and   we  recommend    its    use.     The    Cyphers    Combination    Blue-Flame  Gas 
Burner  (patent  applied  for),  which  is  illustrated  herewith,  burns  with  a  blue  flame  which  pro- 
duces the  maximum  amount  of  heat  with  the  minimum  consumption  of  gas.     This  burner  can 
be  easily  attached  to  incubator. 

A  blue  flame  is  hotter  than  a  yellow  or  light-giving  flame  of  the  same  size;  in  other  words,  the 
gas  in  one  case  produces  heat  almost  exclusively,  whereas  in  the  other  case  it  produces  light.  Fur- 
thermore, a  blue  flame  producing  a  certain  amount  of  heat  will  consume  less  gas  than  would 
a  yellow  flame  producing  the  same  amount  of  heat.  Where  the  Cyphers  Combination  Blue-Flame 
Burner  is  used  the  height  of  the  flame  can  be  adjusted  with  an  ordinary  gas-bracket  key  and 
the  mixture  of  air  (producing  a  blue  flame)  may  be  readily  controlled  for  different  gas  pressures. 

Made  in  two  sizes,  large  and  small,  corresponding  to  the  two  sizes  of  oil  burners   furnished  cyphers  Combination  Blue- 
with  Cyphers  Incubators.     In  ordering,  mention  size  of  burner  or  width  of  wick.  Flame  Gas  Burner. 

Price  of  Burner,  complete,  ready  to  be  attached  to  gas  pipe  or  bracket,  50c  ;  postpaid,  60c 

Cyphers  Simplicity  Flame  Reducer 

(Patent  Applied  For) 

For  Use  on  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders,  All  Styles  and  Sizes.    Simple,  Durable  and  Economical. 
Saves  Oil  and  Money 

INCUBATOR  and  brooder  operators  experience  difficulty  in  maintaining  a  low,   clear,  steady  flame  on  their  lamps 
in  warm  weather.     As  regards  incubators  this  is  especially  true  toward  the  latter  part  of  the  period  of  incuba- 
tion, when  the  animal  heat  in  the  eggs  manifests  itself.     As  regards  brooders,  when  late  spring  arrives  and  summer 
weather  is  at  hand  very  little  artificial  heat  is  required,  but  it  will  not  do  to  extinguish  the  lamp  or  brooder  stove 
altogether.      Under  these  conditions  if  the  lamp  flame  on  either  incubators  or  brooders 
is  turned  down  sufficiently  low  to  give  only  the  proper  degree  of  heat  the  result  is  a  wide, 
weak    and    variable     flame     that    is     liable    to  smoke    or    to     be    extinguished    by  a 
sudden  Jar  or   moderate  gust  of  air.     To  meet  these  warm  weather  conditions,  and  at 
the  same  time    save  oil — which    costs    money — some  operators   carry   extra  burners  that 
are   equipped   with   narrow  wick  tubes  and  narrow   wicks,    which   concentrate    the  same 
amount  of  name  into  a.  higher  and   narrower  blaze.     These    burners   serve    the  purpose, 
but    do    not   prevent   waste  of  oil. 

The  Cyphers  Flame  Reducer  (for  which  letters  patent 
have  been  applied)  reduces  the  size  of  the  flame  on  a  No. 
3  (large  size)  burner  to  that  of  a  No.  i  (small  size)  burner 
and  does  this  without  changing  the  wick  or  burner  in  any 
manner,  and  the  burner  is  instantly  convertible  either  way. 
By  the  same  process  that  this  burner  reduces  the  size  of 
the  flame  it  reduces  the  amount  of  oil  consumed, 
saving  more  than  fifty  per  cent,  in  cost  of  oil. 

This  unique  device,  illustrated  herewith,  consists  of 
a  special-shaped  metal  hood  or  cap  that  fits  over  the 
upper  end  of  the  wick  tube.  It  has  an  opening  in  the  center,  and  it  is  the  part  of 
the  wick  that  is  exposed  at  this  opening  which  burns,  producing  a  flame  of  a  width 
corresponding  to  that"  which  would  be  produced  by  a  smaller  burner  with  a  wick 
of    the    same   width   as   this  opening. 

The  Cyphers  Flame  Reducer  is  made  in  two    sizes,  large   and    small,  of  polished 
copper.     In  ordering,  mention  width  of  wick. 

Price  of  Cyphers  Flame  Reducer,  either  size,  25c;  postpaid,  30c 

Delphos  Non-Overflow  Oil  Can 

Specially  Adapted  for  Use  of  Poultrymen  in  Filling  Incubator  and  Brooder  Lamps 

THIS  is  more  than  a  simple  oil  can.  It  is  not  only  an  oil  retainer  but  in  use  it  controls 
the  amount  of  oil  .poured  into  the  lamp  in  such  a  manner  as  to  prevent  overflow  and 
at  the  same  time  fill  the  lamp  to  any  desired  height. 
Oil  that  has  been  spilled  on  the  top  of  a  lamp  naturally  becomes  heated  and  throws  off 
an  odor  that  is  not  only  objectionable  in  an  incubator  room  (more  especially  if  the  room  should 
happen  to  be  poorly  ventilated)  but  in  some  cases  it  seriously  affects  the  hatch.  After  filling  from 
the  Delphos  Non-Overflow  Pump  Can  no  oil  remains  on  the  lamp  to  be  wiped  off,  because  it  is 
impossible  for  the  oil  to  overflow  or  drip  from  the  can  on  to  the  lamp. 

The  pump  on  the  Delphos  Can  is  made  with  two  tubes — one  conveying  the  oil  from  the  can 
to  the  lamp,  the  other  acting  as  a  siphon  and  returning  the  surplus  oil  to  the  can  when  the  lamp 
is  filled.  Users  will  appreciate  the  value  of  this  feature,  as  it  does  away  with  the  odor  and 
waste  connected  with  the  use  of  ordinary  oil  cans.  It  also  minimizes  the  danger  from  fire. 
This  can  is  built  of  heavy  galvanized  iron  and  is  practically  indestructible. 

Prices:  2-galloii  can.. $1.00    3-gallon  can.  .$1.25    5-gallon  can.  .$1.50 

WEIGHTS:!    2-gallon  can,  3  pounds;  3-gaIlon  can,  5  pounds;  S-gallon  can,  8  pounds. 
SPECIAL— Be  ture  to  read  "Assorted  Order"  notice,  tee  page  153. 

1S7 


Fig.    1. — Photographic  vie 

ordinary    burner,    shown 

medium-height  flame. 


Fig.  2  — Photographic  view 
of  same  burner  as  in  Fig  1. 
with  Cyphers  Flame  Reducer 
attached,  illustrating  the  re- 
duced flame  produced  with 
wick  same  height  as  before. 


Cyphers  Perfected  Pedigree  Egg  Tray 

For  Use  in  Hatching  Pedigreed  Chicks  and  for  Keeping  Separate  the  Chicks  Hatched  From 
>  Different  Lots  of  Eggs  Laid  by  Any  Variety  of  Fowls 

PEDIGREE  TRAYS  are  in  demand  by  poultry  raisers 
who  use  trap  nests  of  various  kinds  for  special 
breeding  purposes;  also  by  those  who  wish  to  keep 
in  separate  lots,  until  properly  toe-marked,  the  chicks 
hatched  from  eggs  of  any  variety  of  fowls  obtained  from 
different  matings,  or  from  different  pens.  They  are  a 
valuable  aid  to  systematic,  scientific  poultry  breeding. 
By  their  use  the  eggs  placed  in  a  No.  o  or  No.  i  Standard 
Cyphers  Incubator  can  be  kept  in  four  separate  lots; 
also  the  chicks  that  hatch  therefrom,  and  the  eggs  in  a 
No.  2  or  No.  3  Standard  Cyphers  can  be  kept  in  eight 
separate  lots,  also  the  chicks  that  hatch  therefrom. 

We  have  manufactured  pedigree  trays  ever  since  the 
Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  were  first  placed  on  the 
market,  and  have  sold  thousands  of  them.  Our  latest 
improved  pedigree  trays,  with  removable  bottoms  to 
the  egg  compartments,  have  now  been  on  the  market 
several  years  and  have  given  uniform  satisfaction.  The 
illustrations  herewith  will  give  the  reader  a  clear  idea  of 
the  simplicity,  convenience  and  practical  infallibility 
of  this  perfected  device.  The  illustration  below  shows  the 
bottom  of  one  egg  compartment  in  the  act  of  being  removed, 
thus  to  allow  easy  access  by  the  operator  to  the  chick 
nursery  compartment  directly  underneath. 

These  pedigree  trays  are  used  only  during  the  last 
three  days  of  the  hatch,  the  fertile  eggs  being  transferred 
to  them  from  the  regular  trays  just  before  the  eggs  begin 


Cyphers  Perfected  Pedigree  Egg  Tray,  showing  method  of 
removing  bottom  of  egg  compartment  to  gain  access  to  chick 
nursery  compartment. 


to  pip.  After  the  chicks  hatch  and  gain  strength  they 
move  forward  in  each  egg  compartment  toward  the 
light  and  drop  through  the  opening  into  the  corresponding 
nursery  compartment  directly  below.  They  thus 
obtain  the  benefit  of  the  lower  temperature  in  the  nursery 
compartment  until  the  hatch  is  completed.  The  tray  is 
then  removed  and  the  four  lots  of  chicks,  enclosed  in  the 
four  separate  compartments,  may  be  toe-marked  at 
leisure  without  danger  of  their  mixing. 

These  trays  are  strongly  built  of  high-grade  materials 
and  are  warranted  to  last  a  lifetime.  We  guarantee  them 
to  work  satisfactorily. 

SPECIAL  NOTICE:—  These  Perfected  Pedigree  Trays 
fit  only  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  of  the  1906  and  later 
patterns.  We  still  manufacture  our  former  type  of  pedi- 
gree tray  for  use  in  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  manu- 
factured previous  to  1906,  but  the  Perfected  Pedigree  Trays, 
as  illustrated  and  described  herewith,will  fit  only  machines 
built  in  1906  and  later. 

When  ordering  the  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators,  if  you 
want  a  pedigree  tray  or  trays,  be  sure  to  say  so  and  enclose  the 
extra  amount  with  your  order.  If  you  now  own  one  or  more 
Standard  Cyphers  Incubators,  and  desire  to  obtain  a  pedi- 
gree tray  or  trays,  be  sure  to  specify  in  your  order  both  the 
size  of  the  machine  and  the  year  in  which  it  was  manufac- 
tured. 

Prices  of  Perfected  Pedigree  Egg  Trays 

No.  0  Pedigree  Tray,  weight,    7  lbs.  each $2.00 

No.  1  Pedigree  Tray,  weight,  11  lbs.  each 2.50 

No.  2  Pedigree  Tray,  weight,  18  lbs.  per  pair .  5.00 
No.  3  Pedigree  Tray,  weight,  20  lbs.  per  pair .  6.00 


Electrobator  Pedigree  Egg  Tray 

For  Use  in  Dividing  the  Hatching  Chamber  of  Electrobators  into  Tivo  or  Three  Apartments 
and  to  keep  the  Chicks  Separate 


THIS  PEDIGREE  EGG  TRAY  serves  the  same  pur- 
pose, and  is  constructed  of  the  same  material  as 
the  Perfected  Pedigree  Egg  Tray  for  Oil-Heated 
Incubators,  described  above.  It  is  to  be  used  in  the  same 
manner  as  regards  placing  eggs  in  it  only  during  the  last 
three  days  of  the  hatch.  The  illustration  shows  the  Elec- 
trobator Pedigree  Egg  Tray  in  position  on  regular  egg  tray. 
Complete  illustrated  directions  furnished  with  each  tray. 
When  ordering  the  Electrobator  Pedigree  Egg  Tray 
state  size  of  your  Electrobator,  and  give  outside  measure- 
ments of  regular  egg  tray. 

Prices  of  Electrobator  Pedigree  Egg  Trays 
For  No.  1  Electrobator,  weight,  3H  lbs.  each. $1.00 
For  No.  2  Electrobator,  weight,  5  lbs.  each. . .  1.25 


Boston  Dry  Food  Hoppers  (Patented) 

The  Food-Saving,  Rat-Proof  Hopper  That  Made  Dry-Feeding  of  Poultry  a  Success 


NEW  Englanders  are  not  wasteful.  On  the  con- 
trary, they  are  noted  for  thrift  and  economy. 
Furthermore,  that  section  of  the  country,  Hke 
the  Rocky  Mountain  region,  the  Pacific  Coast  States  and 
a  large  portion  of  the  South,  has  to  buy  most  of  the 
grain  it  uses,  and  we  all  know  that  grain  has  been  a 
costly  necessity  during  the  last  few  years. 

It  was  "thrift  and  economy"  of  the  genuine  New 
England  brand  that  conceived  and  invented  the  Boston 
Dry  Food  Hopper  for  poultry,  a  device  that  saves  one- 
half  of  the  food  in  the  day  time  and  that  is  rat-proof  at 
night. 

The  Boston  Food  Hopper  was  placed  on  sale  less  than 
three  years  ago,  and  thus  far  more  than  50,000  of  them  have 
been  sold  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Canada. 
They  are  in  successful  use  on  nearly  every  experiment 
station  poultry  plant  in  America.  They  are  used  in 
half-dozen,  dozen  and  hundred  lots  by  the  foremost 
poultry  breeders,  such  as  Owen  Farms,  U.  R.  Fishel, 
Ernest  Kellerstrass, 
etc.,  and  are  pub- 
licly endorsed  by 
practical  poultry 
authorities  like  A.  F. 
Hunter,  Dr.  N.  W. 
Sanborn,  I.  K. 
Felch,  Edward 
Brown  (England)  and 
hundreds  of  others. 
Writing  for  the 
December,  i  9  i  0  , 
issue  of  a  prominent 
poultry  p  a  p  e  r  ,  D. 
Lincoln  O  r  r  ,  ex- 
president  of  the 
American  Poultry 
Large  Dry  Feed  Size  Holds  'A  bushel.  Association,  said  of 
Price  $1  00  Beef  Scrap  Hopper  is  the  Boston  Dry 
Food  Hopper: — 

"I  notice  t  h  e 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company  has  bought  the  Boston  Food 
Hopper.  I  consider  this  hopper  a  very  valuable  ad- 
junct to  poultry  keeping.  It  is,  from  my  point  of  view, 
the  very  best  dry- mash  hopper,  and  while  I  am  not 
writing  to  increase  its  sales  for  the  benefit  of  the  com- 
pany, /  am  writing  to  increase  the  egg  yield  of  the 
poultryman  who  will  buy  and  use  it.  It  gives 
me  great  satisfaction,  saves  time,  saves  teed  and  in- 
creases the  egg  production.  I  can  heartily  endorse  it  as  a 
good  hopper." 

These  hoppers  are  made  in  four  sizes,,  two  for  chicks 
and  two  for  adult  fowls.  See  illustrations  and  prices 
herewith.  Half  bushel  size  is  for  dry-feed  of  any  kind, 
fed  either  indoors  or  outdoors;  similar  shaped  smaller  size 
is  for  beef  scrap,  charcoal,  oyster  shell,  grit,  etc.  Chick 
sizes  keep  food  clean  and  prevent  bowel  trouble. 


ANNOUNCEMENT 

TO  THE  PUBLIC— 

It  gives  me  pleasure  to  announce  to  the  public 
that  on  October  i,  1910,  the  entire  business  of  the 
Boston  Dry  Food  Hopper  Company,  together  with 
all  rights  to  manufacture  and  sell  this  article  in  the 
United  States,  was  sold  and  transferred  to  the  Cyphers 
Incubator  Company,  who  will  conduct  the  manufac- 
ture and  sale  of  this  Hopper  in  the  future  along  the 
lines  already  established.  Respectfully, 

BOSTON  DRY  FOOD  HOPPER  COMPANY. 
F.  W.  Ruggles. 


these  hoppers 
positively        s  1 


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or  less  in  the  case 
of  chicks.  Besides 
this  they  will  help 
greatly  to  keep  your 
fowls  and  chicks  in  a 
healthy  condition 
by  insuring  them 
clean  food  entirely 
free  from  filth  of  any 
kind.     Every     poul- 


Hopper  is  locked  for  the  night  by  a  hook 


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Poultry  Keeping";  also  contains  numerous  favorable 
reports  from  users  of  the  Boston  Hoppers. 


Long  Chicken  Size.       Price  $1.50. 

PRICE   LIST  : 

LARGE  DRY  FEED $1.00 

17  in.  high,  8  in.  deep,  13  in.  wide. 

Holds  one-half  bushel.    Weight,  i}^  lbs. 
BEEF  SCRAP,  GRIT,  Etc 90 

17  in.  high,  8  in.  deep,  7  in.  wide. 

Holds  one  peck.    Weight,  3  lbs. 
SHORT  CHICKEN  SIZE 1.00 

15  in.  long,  8  in.  high,  4}4  in.  deep. 

Holds  one-half  peck.     Weight,  2M  lbs. 
LONG  CHICKEN  SIZE 1.50 

29  in.  long,  8  in.  high,  4}/^  in.  deep. 

Holds  one  peck.     Weight,  3}^  lbs. 
QUANTITY  PRICES  : 

Five  per  cent,  discount  for  six  on  one  order; 

ten  per  cent,   discount  for  twelve.    Orders 

may  be  assorted  sizes.    Take  low  freight  rate 

as  tinware. 


Cyphers  Dry-Food  Hopper 

An  Economical  and  Sanitary  Self-Feeding  Device  for  Use  with  Dry  Food 

THIS  IS  A  FOOD-SAVING  AND  LABOR-SAVING  device  that  will  appeal  at  once  to 
the  judgment  of  every  thrifty  person  who  wishes  to  make  the  most  money  possible 
out  of  poultry  keeping  and  at  the  same  time  reduce  to  the  minimum  all  necessary  labor 
connected  with  the  care  of  the  fowls.  It  is  used  by  thousands  of  poultry  raisers  for  feeding 
dry-grain  food,  either  whole  or  ground. 

THE  CYPHERS  SELF  -  FEEDING  DRY  -  HOPPER  is  machine-made,  out  of  heavy 
galvanized  iron,  and  has  two  compartments,  a  large  one  for  grain  mixtures,  holding  about  six 
quarts,  and  a  small  one  for  beef  scrap,  holding  about  three  quarts.  The  trough  of  this  hopper 
is  high  enough  to  prevent  waste  and  at  the  same  time  allows  free  access  to  the  food.  Hopper 
is  provided  with  a  hinged  cover,  which  protects  the  grain  at  all  times  from  moisture  and  filth. 
It  is  also  supplied  with  a  strong  handle  for  convenience  in  filling  and  handling.  These  hoppers 
should  be  hung  against  the  wall  of  a  poultry  house  or  other  enclosure  where  fowls  are  kept.  The 
handle  serves  for  this  purpose — see  illustration. 

THE  HOPPER-METHOD  OF  FEEDING  is  both  practical  and  economical.  All  who 
are  interested  in  dry-feeding  and  wish  to  economize  on  the  cost  of  grain  and  beef  scrap  should 
use  these  Dry-Food  Hoppers. 

Prices,  safely  crated  for  shipment:  Each,  75c;  per  J^  dozen,  $2.10;  per  14  dozen, 
$3.90;  per  dozen,  $7.20.     (By  freight  or  express.) 

WEIGHTS:     Each,  1  lb.;  H  dozen,  IS  lbs.;  H  dozen,  25  lbs.;  1  dozen,  50  lbs. 

Cyphers  Grit  and  Shell  Box 

Necessary  on  Every  Well-Equipped  Poultry  Plant,  Small  or  Large 

IF  ALLOWED  TO  HAVE  THEIR  OWN  WAY  about  it,  fowls  are  extremely  wasteful— 
especially  of  grit,  oyster  shell,  charcoal,  etc.  They  persist  in  picking  at  these  materials 
with  their  beaks  and  will  scatter  them  about  and  trample  under  foot  perhaps  half  of  the 
amount  that  is  supplied  in  open  dishes  and  feed  troughs.  Here,  in  such  case,  is  a  50  per 
cent,  loss  and  these  needless  losses  should  be  stopped,  if  your  poultry  investment  is  to  be  made 
to  pay  and  pay  well. 

CYPHERS  GRIT  AND  SHELL  BOXES  not  only  will  enable  you  to  stop  this  loss,  in 
large  part,  but  they  possess  true  sanitary  value,  because  their  use  prevents  poultry — both  adult 
fowls  and  growing  chicks — from  picking  up  and  swallowing  unsanitary  substances  that 
adhere  to  or  become  mixed  with  grit,  shell  and  charcoal  that  are  scattered  on  the  ground  or  fed 
in  open  receptacles. 

CYPHERS  COMPANY'S  type  of  Grit  and  Shell  Box— see  picture — is  made  by  special 
stamping  machinery,  out  of  the  best  grade  of  galvanized  iron.  It  has  three  compartments — 
for  grit,  oyster  shell  and  charcoal — but  where  a  small  flock  is  kept  will  serve  the  purpose  of  a 
Dry-Food  Hopper  to  excellent  advantage.  Like  our  Dry-Food  Hopper,  it  is  provided  with  a 
cover  or  lid  placed  on  a  slant,  preventing  the  fowls  from  roosting  on'the  box. 

Prices,  safely  crated  for  shipment:  Each,  50c;  per  }^  dozen,  $1.40;  per  Y^ 
dozen,  $2.70;  per  dozen,  $4.80.     (By  freight  or  express.) 

WEIGHTS:     Each,  5  lbs.;  Ji  dozen,  10  lbs.;  )4  dozen,  20  lbs.;  1  dozen,  40  lbs. 

Cyphers  Separable  Drinking  Fountains 

Low-Priced — Easy  to  Clean — Will  Last  Many  Years 

THE  WATER  SUPPLY  is  the  medium  that  sometimes  conveys  contagious  diseases  from  one  fowl  to  another. 
For  example,  water  in  the  drinking  vessel  is  liable  to  come  in  contact  with  and  be  infected  by  the  discharges 
from  the  nostrils  of  roupy  fowls.  It  is  essential,  therefore,  that  the  drinking  fountains  used  for  poultry  shall  be 
not  only  suitable  for  holding  water,  but  should  also  be 
easy  to  clean.  The  fountain  manufactured  by  us  is  as  easy 
to  clean  and  air  in  the  sun  as  any  milk  pan,  and  can  be  boiled 
in  water  or  scalded  without  injury. 

CYPHERS    DRINKING    FOUNTAINS    are    made    of 
heavy  galvanized  iron  by  the  use  of  steel  dies.    We  make  these 
fountains  in  four  sizes.    The  smaller  size  (i  quart)  is  designed 
for  chicks,  and  is  especially  handy  for  use  in  brooders,  nurs- 
eries, etc.    The  medium  size  (2  quarts)  is  for  larger  chicks  and 
ducklings,  or  for  small  or  medium-sized  flocks  of  fowls.     The 
3\'2  quarts  size  is  designed  for  large  chickens,  ducklings  and 
adult  fowls.     The  largest  size  holds  two  gallons  and  is  used 
extensively  by  breeders  of  ducks  and  large  flocks. 
Prices:   Small  size,  each,  18c;  per  }4  dozen,  50c;  per  3^  dozen,  90c;  per  dozen,  $1.75.      Medium  size, 
each,  25c;  per  J^  dozen,  70c;  per  J^  dozen,  $1.25;  per  dozen,  $2.40.    Large  size,  each,  35c;  per  }4  dozen, 
95c;  per  y^  dozen,  $1.80;  per  dozen,  $3.30.    Special  duck  size,  each,  50c;  per  }4  dozen,  $1.35;  per  }4 
dozen,  $2.50;  per  dozen,  $4.90.     (By  freight  or  express.) 

WEIGHTS:  Small  size,  each,  S  lbs.;  Jf  dozen,  7  lbs.;  M  dozen,  8  lbs.;  1  dozen,  12  lbs.;  Medium  size,  each,  6  lbs. ;  K  dozen,  8  lbs. 
a  dozen,  11  lbs.;  1  dozen,  16  lbs.  Large  size,  each,  7  lbs.;  M  dozen,  9  lbs.;  H  dozen.  16  lbs.;  1  dozen,  23  lbs.  Special  duck  size,  each, 
8  lbs.;  a  dozen,  15  lbs.;  }^  dozen,  20  lbs.;  1  dozen,  40  lbs. 

SPECIAL— Be  sure  to  read  "Assorted  Order"  notice,  see  page  1S3. 

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Cyphers  Combined  Food  and  Water  Holders 

For  Chickens  and  Ducks  of  All  Ages 

THESE  Combined  Food  and  Water  Dishes  will  be 
found  convenient  for  feeding  or  watering  chicks, 
fowls  or  ducks.  They  are  especially  recom- 
mended for  use  in  feeding  mashes  of  any  kind ;  also  steamed 
or  dry  alfalfa  or  clover.  Where  this  protected  receptacle  , 
is  used,  a  saving  of  15  to  25  per  cent,  in  food-stuff  may  be  ■ 
counted  on. 

The  guard  lifts  out  of  the  pan,  making  them  easy  to 
clean.  There  is  nothing  to  get  out  of  order.  Cyphers 
Combined  Food  and  Water  Holders  are  made  of  heavy 
galvanized  iron,  and  will  prove  to  be  safe,  sanitary,  saving 
and  serviceable.     Made  in  three  sizes. 

Prices:  Small  size,  10  inches  long,  4  inches  wide,  each,  30c;  per  dozen,  $3.00.  Medium  size,  18 
inches  long,  5  inches  wide,  each,  50c;  per  dozen,  $5.00.  Large  size,  24  inches  long,  6  inches  wide, 
each,  75c;  per  dozen,  $8.25.     (By  freight  or  express.) 

do2Pen,  45  lbs.      Medium  size,  each  10  lbs.;  1  dozen,  50  lbs.      Large  size,  each  12  lbs.; 


Cyphers  Keep-Clean  Wall  Fountains 

Widely  Popular  Style  of  Drinking  Fount  For  Adult  Fowls 

THESE    HANDY    FOUNTAINS    are    an     original     Cyphers 
Company    product   and    give   complete   satisfaction.     They 
are  extra  convenient  to  handle  and  are  more  sanitary  than 
the  ordinary  fountains  that  stand  on  the  ground  or  on  the  level  of  a 
poultry  house  floor  where  they  are  soon  kicked  full  of    litter   and 
different  forms  of  dirt. 

CYPHERS  WALL  FOUNTAINS  are  flattened  at  the  back  so 
that  they  can  be  hung  on  the  wall  of  a  building,  or  against  a  post, 
tree  or  fence  at  any  height.  A  galvanized-iron  hood  projects  over 
the  water  trough  and  protects  the  water  from  becoming  soiled. 
These  fountains  are  equally  serviceable  for  young  chickens  or  adult 
fowls,  and  are  especially  useful  for  pigeons.  They  will  not  break 
by  freezing,  and  are  readily  cleaned  by  partly  filling  with  round 
pebbles,  pieces  of  rock,  bits  of  crockery-ware,  coarse  grit  or  shot,  and 
shaking  thoroughly. 

CYPHERS  WALL  FOUNTAINS  are  made  of  the  best  galva- 
nized iron,  are  stamped  by  machinery  with  perfect  steel  dies,  are 
mechanically  finished  in  all  respects  and  are  guaranteed  to  last  many 
years  with  proper  treatment. 
i  dozen,  $1.40;  per  }4  dozen,  $2.70;  per  dozen,  $5.00.  2-gallon 
dozen,  $4.20;  per  dozen,  $7.80.  (By  freight  or  express.) 
15  lbs.;   a  dozen,  25  lbs.;  1  dozen,  50  lbs,     2-gallon  size,  each  12  lbs.;  }i  dozen, 


Prices:  1-gallon  size,  each,  50c;  per  ; 
size,  each,  75c;  per  34  dozen,  $2.20;  per  } 

WEIGHTS:     1 -gallon  size,  each  10  lbs.;  M  dozen 
18  lbs.;   H  dozen,  36  lbs.;  1  dozen,  72  lbs. 


Sanitary  Chick  Servers 

For  Supplying  Food  and  Water  to  Small  Chicks.    Many  Thousands  of  Them  in  Use 

The  type  of  Sanitary  Chick  Server 
illustrated  herewith  is  used  extensively  by 
experienced,  successful  poultrymen  as  a 
food  and  water  dish  for  little  chickens  on 
range  and  confined  in  brooders,  brooding 
houses,  etc.  Pictures  show  that  this  Server 
consists  of  two  parts  and  is  separable, 
making  it  convenient  in  use.  easy  to  clean 
and  therefore  sanitary.  We  recommend 
this  Chick  Server  for  use  in  feeding  small 
chicks,  also  in  supplying  water  for  them  to 
drink. 

Prices  of  Chick  Servers 
One  size  only,  25  cents  each;  $1.40 
per  }4  dozen;  $2.65  per  dozen. 

WEIGHTS:    One,  5  lbs.;  six,  8  lbs.;  1  dozen, 
12  lbs. 
SPECIAL — Be  sure  to  read  "Assorted  Order"  notice,  see  page  153. 

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Ready  For  Use. 


Revolving  Egg  Cabinets 

Used  for  Storing  and  Turning  Eggs — Keeps  Them  Fresh 

EGGS    INTENDED    FOR    HATCHING    should    be    turned    daily,    especially    as    warm    weather  approaches. 
The  warmer  the  temperature  the  more  necessary  it  is  that  they  be  turned.     Eggs  for  market  should  be  turned 
every  two  or  three  days  if  they  are  to  be  kept  any  length  of  time.     Eggs  for  table  use  (not  fertilized)  have  been 
kept   from    two   to   three   months   in   an   ordinary 
cellar  by  using  these  cabinets. 

WOODS  REVOLVING  EGG  CABINETS, 
manufactured  solely  by  Cyphers  Incubator  Com- 
pany, under  United  States  patent  rights,  are  a 
practical  device  for  doing  this  work  and  for  years 
have  supplied  a  widespread  need  among  poultry- 
men  who  save  eggs  for  hatching  and  for  table  use. 
Each  egg  is  held  in  place  by  a  pair  of  steel  wire 
clips  and   the  egg  racks  are  removable  for  filling. 

EVERY  WELL  -  EQUIPPED  POULTRY 
PLANT  should  have  one  or  more  of  these  cabi- 
nets.    The   saving   from   the   loss   in   broken   eggs 

and   the   loss  of  time  in  handling  will  soon  equal  Woods  Revolving  Egg  Cabinet  in  Three  Positions,  Showing 

the  purchase  price.  How  the  Eggs  are  Turned. 

Prices:   150-egg  size,  weight,  30  lbs.,  $3.50;  288-egg  size,  weight,  55  lbs.,  $5.50;  560-egg  size,  weight, 
75  lbs.,  $7.25;  1050-egg  size,  weight,  100  lbs.,  $11.00 


Eureka  Egg  Package 

For  Use  in  Shipping  Hatching  Eggs.    Light — Durable — Safe 

THIS  is  without  doubt  the  safest,  cheapest  and  best  package  on  the  market  for  shipping  eggs  for  hatching.     This 
package  is  so  constructed  that  each  egg  is  encased  in  a  cylinder  made  of  heavy  corrugated  paper,  which  conforms 
to  the  shape  of  the  egg,  the  end  of  each  egg  resting  on  a  cushion  support,  thus  giving  absolute  protection 
to  the  vital  parts.     These  cylinders  are  adjustable  to  any  size  egg  and  therefore  prevent  breakage. 

The  Eureka  Package  is  built  of  corrugated  board  and  possesses  great  strength.     Every  package  is  supplied  with 
sufficient    tape    to    seal  the  cover  securely.      Our  15,  30,  50  and  loo-egg  packages  are  especially  strong  and  compact. 

The  eggs  are  placed  in  tiers  one  above  the  other,  the 
layers  being  separated  by  a  thick  pad  of  single-faced, 
extra-heavy,  corrugated  paper.  There  positively  is 
no  way  in  which  the  contents  of  this  box  can  be 
tampered  with  without  leaving  traces,  when  our 
directions  for  packing,  which  accompany  every  box, 
are  followed. 

Prices  of  Eureka  Egg  Package 


Per] 


15-egg   size.  Weight,  91^  lbs.   $1.80 

30-egg  size.  Weight,  12  J-^  lbs.     2.40 

50-egg  size.  Weight,  18      lbs.     3.00 

100- egg  size,  Weight,  35      lbs.    4.00 


Per  100 
$12.50 
16.50 
20.00 
30.00 


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of  Eureka  Egg  Package. 


!  IS  believing." — For  20  cents  we  will  send  you  prepaid. 
IS-sss  Eureka  Package,  for  trial  shipment.  Only  one 
same  person. 


Egg  Cases  for  Shipping  Market  Eggs 

Equipped  with  Double  Hinges  and  Extra  Heavy  Fillers 

WE  MANUFACTURE  THESE  CASES  OURSELVES  from  well- 
seasoned  lumber,  dressed  on  both  sides,  and  guarantee  their 
strength  and  durability.  The  covers  are  fitted  with  double  hinges, 
so  that  they  may  be  doubled  back  without  injuring  the  covers,  and  also  are 
fitted  with  fasteners  by  which  the  cover  to  each  case  can  be  locked  when  it 
is  closed  down. 

The  partitions  and  fillers  supplied  by  us  with  these  cases  are  manufac- 
tured from  A- 1  extra  heavy  cardboard  and  will  stand  three  times  the  rough 
usage  as  will  the  ordinary  filler.  Cyphers  Egg  Cases  are  first-class  for  shipping 
large  numbers  of  eggs  for  hatching.  On  such  occasions  one  tier  of  fillers  may 
be  taken  out  to  make  room  for  the  additional  packing  necessary.  Each  case  is 
divided  into  two  parts,  each  half  holding  five  squares  of  fillers,  three  dozen  eggs 
to  a  square.     One  size  only,  capacity  30  dozen.  Weight,  18  pounds. 

Prices:     Complete,  including  fillers $1.25 


SPECIAL— Be  sure  to 


"Assorted  Order"  notice,  see  page  153, 

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Paper  Egg  Boxes 


Just  the  Thing  for  Your  Family  Egg  Trade 

THESE   boxes  are  intended   for   use   in  delivering  eggs  to   private  families. 
They  are  exceedingly  neat  in  appearance  and  go  a  great  way  toward  making 
satisfied   customers.     They   ship   "knocked-down,"   can   easily   be   set  up 
and   sent   by  express   or  freight  at   very   low  rates.     The  customer,   after  using 
contents,  can  take  them  apart  and  return  them. 

Prices:   1-doz.  size,  per  doz.,  15c;  per  100,  $1.00;  per  1,000,  $6.00. 

WEIGHTS:     1  doz.  1  H  lbs.;  100,  10  lbs.;  1.000,  100  lbs. 


Handy  Egg  Carrier 

A  Favorite  for  Delivering  Small  Quantities  of  Eggs 

IF  you   require   a  carrier  in  which  to  deliver  eggs  to  your  private  customers  the 
Handy  Egg  Carrier  will   prove   to  be   just   what   you   need.      These   boxes  are 
strongly  made  of  5-8-inch  white  pine,  and  are  finished  with  a  gloss  coat  of  green 
paint.     The  cover  is  securely  hinged  and  is  provided  with  a  patent  crate  fastener  and 
a  neat  handle. 

Prices:    3  doz.  size,  each  40c;  per  doz.  $4.40.     5  doz.  size,  each  50c;  per 
doz.  $5.25.     8  doz.  size,  each  60c;  per  doz.  $6.50.     12  doz.  size, 
each  70c;  per  doz.  $7.75.     15  doz.  size,  each  85c;  per  doz.  $9.50. 
WEIGHTS:    3  doz.  ■  ze.  each  3  lbs.,  1  doz.  40  lbs.;  5  doz.  size,  each  4i^  lbs.,  1  doz.  60  1 


8  doz.  size,  each  7  lbs.,  1  c 
12  lbs.,  Idoz.  143  lbs. 


12  doz.  size,  each  10  lbs.,  1  doz.  125  lbs.;   15  doz. 


Shipping  Boxes  For  Day-Old  Chicks 


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URING  the  past  few  years  the  day-old  chick 
usiness  has  experienced  a  wonderful  growth, 
o  much  depends  upon  the  condition  in  which 
the  chicks  reach  their  destination  that  the  success 
of  the  undertaking  may  be  said  to  hinge  upon  this 
one  point.  To  meet  the  demand  that  exists  for  a 
suitable  box  in  which  to  ship  chicks  we  have  designed 
and  placed  on  the  market  the  style  of  box  illustrated 
herewith.  These  boxes  are  well  made  of  high  test 
corrugated  paper,  and  meet  all  of  the  following 
requirements: — 

Strength,  to  prevent  crushing;  light  weight,  to  re- 
duce express  charges  and  please  your  customers;  perfect 
insulation,  to  afford  protection  against  heat  and  cold ; 
low  cost,  lower  than  anything  ekse  that  is  fit  for  the  purpose. 


100  chick  size,  $2.50  per  doz. 


easily  assembled,  thus  requiring  but  a  minute  or  two  of 

We  make  these  boxes  in  three  sizes. 

Prices:      25  chick  size,  $1.25  per  doz.      50  chick  size,  $1.50  per  doz 

WEIGHTS:     25  chick  size,  1  doz.  10  Ib.s.;     SO  chick  size,  1  doz.  17   lbs.;     100  chick 
Bize,  1  doz.  26  lbs. 

Shipping  Coops  for  Fine  Poultry 

Light  in  Weight;  Roomy,  Strong  and  Durable 

WE  MANUFACTURE  THESE  COOPS  and  warrant  them  to  be  the 
Ughtest,    strongest   and    most   durable   on    the    market.      They    are 
made  from  well-seasoned  white  pine  lumber,  and  therefore  are 
extremely  light  in  weight,  thus  reducing  the  express  charges. 

These  coops  are  shipped  knocked-down,  but  are  practically  set  up,  as 
compared  with  other  styles  of  so-called  knocked-down  coops.  The  sides  are 
nailed  to  corner  cleats  and  the  ends  to  top  and  bottom  cleats;  hence  all  that 
is  necessary  for  the  poultryman  to  do  to  make  ready  for  use  is  to  drive  nails 
in  each  corner. 

Attention  is  also  called  to  the  dimensions  of  these  coops.  They  are  of  sizes 
which  experience  has  taught  us  to  be  the  proper  ones  for  shipping  valuable 
birds  safely.  Many  coops  are  too  wide,  thus  permitting  birds  to  turn  in  them 
and  injure  the  tail  feathers;  other  coops  are  altogether  too  low,  not  giving 
the  birds  a  chance  to  stand  erect;  still  others  subject  the  fowls  to  drafts. 
There  positively  is  not  a  better  coop  manufactured  for  the  purpose  than  the 
Cyphers  Shipping  Coop,  and  we  have  found  that  Cyphers  Company  cus- 
tomers who  desire  to  have  their  shipments  reach  destination  safely  are  willing 
to  pay  the  price  necessary  to  get  a  first-class  article. 

No.  2,  lo}^  in.  wide,  iS  in.  long,  213-^  in.  high,  is  suitable  for  single  birds 
of  any  variety  or  a  pair  of  Mediterraneans.     Weight,  lo  pounds. 

No.  4,  loj^  in.  wide,  24  in.  long,  21}^  in.  high,  is  suitable  for  Asiatic  male, 
American  or  Mediterranean  pair,  or  small  Mediterranean  trio.   Weight,  1 2  pounds. 

No.  6,  19J4  in.  wide,  24  in.  long,  2iJ^  in.  high,  is  for  pens  of  five  birds  of  any  variety.     Weight,  16  pounds. 

In  comparing  prices,  do  not  compare  the  prices  of  these  coops  with  those  charged  for  paper  or  muslin  coops,  or  coops 
made  from  cheap,  low-grade,  flimsy  lumber. 

Prices:  No.  2,  45c  each;  per  doz.,  $5.15.  No.  4,  55c  each;  per  doz.,  $6.25.  No.  6,  65c  each;  per  doz.,  $7.40. 

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Practical  Poultry  Markers   and   Leg  Bands 

Marking  the  Chicks   and  Fowls  for  Identification 

EVERY    UP-TO-DATE    POULTRYMAN     realizes    the 
necessity    of    properly    marking    his    fowls,    whether    he 
breeds  for  the  show  room   or  for   market.     The  fancier 
must  have  some  method  of  marking  individual  birds  so  they  can     ' 
be  identified  for  scoring,   keeping   track  of  pedigree,   etc.     The 
market   poultryman   must  also  have   some   accurate   method  of     ' 
keeping  tab  on  the  age  of  his  fowls,  and  thereby  guard  against 
birds  being  kept  until  they  are  past  the  profit-producing  stage    ' 
and   become   profit   consumers      Nearly   every   poultryman   will 
want  to  know  at  some  time  just  what  birds  were  hatched  from    ' 
a  certain  pen  or  flock,  or  at  a  particular  time. 

Marking  Chicks. — A  popular  system  of  marking  chicks  in    , 
order  to  keep  a  record  of  hatches   is  to  punch  the  web  in  the    ' 
chick's  foot.     The  operation  is  entirely  painless  to  the  chick,  and 
an  entire  hatch  can  be  toe-marked   in  a  few  moments.     From    * 
the   diagram   illustrated   herewith   it   will   be   seen   that   sixteen 

different  breeds  or  matings  can  be  toe-marked  without  duplication.  For  instance,  the  poultryrran  can  mark  all  the 
chicks  in  one  hatch  as  shown  in  Figure  2,  and  then  the  next  hatch  will  be  marked  as  in  Figuie  3.  By  following 
this  plan  chicks  from  special  matings  or  pens,  even  though  hatched  with  chicks  from  other  matings,  can  be  marked 
for  positive  identification  at  any  time. 

Marking  Fowls. — When  the  fowls  have  grown  older,  the  poultryman  will  find  that  the  use  of  leg  bands,  every  one 
bearing  a  number,  will  prove  the  best  means  for  identification.  A  number  of  different  styles  of  bands  are  manufactured 
for  this  purpose.  We  list  on  this  page  some  of  the  best  and  most  reliable.  The  descriptive  matter  will  guide  the  reader 
in  determining  the  kind  best  suited  to  his  needs. 

One  of  the  best  methods  for  applying  leg  bands,  especially  for  market  poultrymen,  is  to  put  the  leg  bands  on  the 
right  foot  of  birds  hatched  in  the  even  year  and  on  the  left  foot  of  those  hatched  in  the  odd  year.  Thus,  birds  raised 
in  191 1  would  have  bands  placed  on  the  left  foot,  and  those  raised  in  191 2  would  be  banded  on  the  right  foot,  enabling 
the  owner  to  tell  at  a  glance  which  are  the  old  birds  without  having  to  refer  to  the  band  numbers. 

Perfect  Pocket  Poultry  Punch 

THIS  is  an  all-steel,  nickel  plated  device  for  which  there  is  a  large  demand 
among  poultrymen  who  do  not  require  a  larger  and  more  expensive  tool. 
Punches  a  clean  hole  of  the  right  size,  and  will  not  bruise  the  chick's  foot. 
Made  in  one  size  only. 

Price:  each,  postpaid 25c 

Cyphers  Poultry  Marker 

WHEN  the  difference  in  price  can  be  afforded,  we  recommend  the  use  of 
this  chick  marker,  as  compared  with  lower-priced  markers.  Con- 
structed on  the  principle  of  a  leather  punch,  it  is  easy  to  use  and  will 
last  a  life  time.  There  is  a  strong  spring  in  the  head  of  this  marker,  which  opens 
the  jaws,  and  it  makes  a  good,  clean  cut  without  mutilating  the  web  as  do  many 
cheaper  punches.  These  markers  are  made  of  substantial  materials  and  we  guar- 
antee them  to  meet  requirements. 

Price:  each,  postpaid 50c 

Standard  Lever  Poultry  Marker 

WHERE  a  poultryman  has  several  hundred  or  a  number  of  thousand  chicks 
to  toe-mark  each  season,  and  is  going  to  continue  in  the  business  for 
years,  we  advise  the  purchase  of  the  Standard  Lever  Poultry  Punch.     It 
is  well  worth  the  price. 

Price:  each,  postpaid $1.00 


Climax  Leg  Bands 


THIS  is  the  original  "spring  wire  and  clasp"  leg  band.  Over  one  million  of 
these  bands  have  been  sold,  and  they  give  universal  satisfaction.  Many 
breeders  having  feathered-leg  varieties  of  fowls  prefer  these  wire  bands  for 
the  reason  that  they  do  not  break  the  feathers  so  easily  as  the  flat  bands.  Not 
more  than  three  figures  can  be  stamped  on  each  tag.  We  usually  number  them 
from  1-12,  1-25,  1-50,  or  i-ioo  unless  otherwise  ordered,  but  can  number  from 
i-iooo  or  stamp  with  initials  if  desired.  The  Climax  Leg  Band  is  not  made  in 
pigeon  sizes.  In  ordering  always  give  sizes  wanted,  or  breed  of  fowls  and  number 
of  males  -and  females. 
postpaid:  12,  15c;  25,  30c;  50,  45c;  100,  75c;  250,  $1.75;  500,  $3.25;  1, 

SPECIAL — Be  sure  to  read  "Assorted  Order"  notice,  see  page  153. 


i,  $6.0 


Champion  Adjustable  Leg  Bands 


THIS  is  a  well-known  leg  band.       It  is  one  of   the   oldest  bands  on  the  market  and  has  met  with 
an   immense   sale    during   several    years    past. 
It   is   well   and   durably   made   from   one   thin 
strip    of    aluminum,    and    is    used     by    hundreds    of 
successful     breeders     and     exhibitors.         Being     held 
by  a  double  lock,  it  is  impossible  for  them  to  come  off. 

They  are  made  in  two  sizes,  adjustable  to  fit  small  to  medium  and  medium  to  large  fowls.    State  size  or  breed. 
Prices,  postpaid:    12 15c  25 30c  50 50c  100 80c 


Ideal  Aluminum  Leg  Bands 


perfect  satisfaction.     They  are  light,  neat,  strong  and 


IDEAL  Aluminum  Leg  Bands  meet  with  a  large  sale  a 
durable,  easily  and  quickly  put  on,  and  will  stay  on. 

This  band  has  a  double  clinch,  making  it 
more  secure  than  the  single-clinch  style.  The 
lock  is  also  very  firm,  with  no  room  for  friction, 
consequently  will  not  wear  and  break  off  where 
connections  are  made,  as  so  often  happens  with 
other  bands.  The  Ideal  Band  is  sold  in  five 
different  sizes.  The  accompanying  illustration 
shows  the  exact  size.  When  ordering,  specify 
the  size  of  band  you  wish. 

No.  2  bands  are  for  pigeons;  Jvlo.  4  are  for 
bantams,  except  Cochin  bantams;  No.  6  for  Ham- 
burgs,  Polish,  Cochin  bantams  and  for  all  birds 
in  the  Mediterranean  class,  except  Minorcas; 
No.  8  for  Minorcas,  Cornish  Indians  and  ducks, 
and  all  birds  in  the  American  class;  No.  10  for 
birds  in  the  Asiatic  class,  also  turkeys  and  geese. 

Prices,  postpaid:    12 15c  25 30c  50 50c  100.. 

Double  Clinch  Leg  Bands 

THE  Double  Clinch  is  one  of  the  most  popular  flat  bands  on  the  market.      It  has  an  excep- 
tionally strong  fastening,  consisting  of  two  clinches  which  close  down  over  the  ends  of  the 
band  in  such  a  way  as  to  make  it  practically  impossible  to  lose  them  off. 
These  bands  are  made  in  the  same  sizes  as  the  Smith  Sealed  Bands.     In  ordering   always 
state  size  desired. 

Prices:  (prepaid  by  mail  or  express)    12  for 15c  25  for 25c  50  for 40c 

100  for 65c  250  for $1.50  500  for $2.75  1000  for $5.25 


Smith  Sealed  Leg  Bands 


IMITH  Sealed  Leg  Bands  provide  a  positive  protection  against  fraud.     They  are  so  constructed  that  they  cannot 

^     be  removed  without  destroying  the  band,  and  as  no  duplicate  numbers  are  issued,  it  is  impossible  for  one  fowl 

to  be  substituted    for  another  without    detection.      These  bands    are  used  and  recommended  by  a  majority 

of  the  large  poultry  associations,  and 
were  the  official  bands  of  the  Louis- 
iana Purchase  and  Pan  -  American 
Expositions. 

Made  in  Six  Sizes: — No.  I,  for 
Bantams;  No.  2,  for  Mediterranean 
and  Pit  Game  females;  No.  3,  for 
Mediterranean  males,  American 
females  and  Pit  Game  males;  No.  4, 
for  American  males  and  turkey  hens; 
No.  5,  for  large  Asiatic  males  and 
turkey  toms;  No.  6,  for  extra  large 
Asiatics  and  large  turkey  toms. 

60  for $1.00  100  for $1.50 

1000  for $12.50 

Extra  for  stamping  name  and  address,  or  not  to  exceed  three  initials  on  bands,  10c  per  100^ 
or  6c  for  50  or  less.  If  name  and  address,  or  more  than  three  initials  are  desired,  add  15c  per 
letter  for  cost  of  making  special  steel  stamp. 

Price  of  Sealers:    Plain,  50c;  lettered  jaw,  65c;  nickel-plated 
lettered  jaw,  75c 
Pigeon  Band  Sealers  same  prices  as  above. 
SPECIAL — Be  lure  to  read  "Amtorted  Order"  notice,  >ee  page  1S3. 


Cuts  Show  Exact  Length. 


Prices,  postpaid:    12  for 30c  25  for 50c 

250  for $3.50  500  for $6.50 


The  Smith  Sealer. 


Caponizing  Instruments 

Their  Use  Increases  the  Market  Value  of  Surplus  Cockerels  Fifty  Per  Cent. 

CAPONIZING  THE  SURPLUS  COCKERELS  each  season  and  thereby  increasing  their  market  value  about  so 
per  cent,  has  now  become  an  estabhshed  branch  of  the  poultry  industry.     The    operation    is  simple,  is  easily 
learned  and  can  be  completed  in  from  one  to  three  minutes,  depending  on  the  practice  the  operator  has  had. 
Fatal  results  are  seldom  met  with  and  the  operation  itself  is  practically  painless,  the  birds  making  no  outcry. 

Curtiss  Caponizing  Set 

THIS  set  is  used  generally  by  the  practical  poultrymen  of  Eastern  Massa- 
chusetts who  produce  the  famous  "South  Shore  Soft  Roasters"  for  the 
fastidious  Boston  market.  It  was  invented  after  years  of  experimenting 
by  J.  H.  Curtiss,  the  father  of  the  "Soft  Roaster"  trade  in  the  South  Shore 
district.  Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  several  years  ago,  bought  the  manu- 
facturing and  selling  rights  for  this  professional  set  of  instruments,  and  by 
making  them  in  large  lots  was  able  to  reduce  the  price  from  $5.50  per  set  to 
the  present  low  figure. 

The  Curtiss  caponizing  instruments  have  special  features  of  value  not 
found  in  other  sets.  The  lancet  is  peculiarly  adapted  to  its  purpose  and  the 
old  -  fashioned  canula  is  replaced  by  an  up-to-date  instrument  which  serves 
the  double  purpose  of  cutting  and  removing  without  the  aid  of  forceps,  leaving 
one  hand  free  to  manage  the  operation.  Full  printed  directions  with 
each  set. 

Price  of  Complete  Set:  In  neat  and  substantial  velvet-lined  case,  postpaid $4.00 

Greiner  Caponizing  Set 

THE  Greiner  Caponizing  Set  is  especially  designed  to  simplify  the 
operation  of  caponizing,  so  that  the  beginner  can  easily  master  it. 
We  recommend  it  as  the  best  low-price  set  in  popular  use.  This 
set  consists  of  a  lancet-shaped  knife,  spring-spreader,  forceps,  hook,  ring- 
probe  and  canula.  The  special  spring-spreader,  the  spreading-strain  of 
which  is  held  in  check  by  a  lock,  holds  open  to  the  right  extent  the 
incision  into  the  intestinal  cavity,  making  it  easy  to  reach  and 
the  testicles.     Printed  directions  with  each  set. 

Price:  In  substantial  wooden  case,  postpaid $3.00 


Farmer  Miles  Caponizing  Set 


r  I  aHE  instruments  combining  the  Farmer  Miles  Caponizing  Set  have  long  been  recognized  by  practical  poultrymen 
I  as  being  among  the  most  satisfactory  for  the  purpose  on  the  market.  They  are  used  by  many  large  capon 
raisers  and  are  so  well  known  it  is  unnecessary  to  describe  them  at  length.  The  set  is  composed  of  knife, 
spreader  forceps,  sharp  hook,  loop  forceps  and  all  necessary  cord  and  hooks  for  holding  the  bird.  All  instruments  are 
manufactured  from  the  best  materials  obtainable  and  no  expense  is  spared  to  make  them  faultless.  Each  set  is  put  up 
in  a  fine  velvet-lined  case  and  is  accompanied  by  full  instructions. 

Price:  Per  Set,  complete,  postpaid $7.00 


Gape- Worm  Extractors 


A  Practical  Device  That  Has  Proved  Its  Value 

IN  some  localities,  partly-grown  chicks  are  attacked  by  gape  worms  and  if  not  properly  treated  will  succumb  to 
these  parasites.  They  lodge  in  the  windpipe  and  must  be  extracted  if  the  fowl  is  to  recover.  When  one- 
fourth    or   one-half   grown   chicks     mope    about,    lose   flesh,  and    are   colorless   about   the   head,    look   first    for 

lice,  and  if  found  reasonably  free  from  lice,  then  look 
for  gape  worms.  If  there  are  any,  they  will  be  found 
adhering  to  the  walls  of  the  windpipe.  The  most  inex- 
perienced poultryman  will  have  no  trouble  in  removing  these  worms  by  the  use  of  the  Gape- Worm  Extractor, 
illustrated  herewith. 

Price,  postpaid 25c 

Cyphers  Pattern  French  Poultry  KiUing  Knife 

For  Killing  Chickens,  Ducks,  Geese  or  Turkeys 

EVERY  poultry  raiser  who  kills  and  dresses  for    market   either 
chickens,  ducks,  geese  or  turkeys,  should  own   one  of   these 
knives.     They  are  made  of  finely-tempered  instrument   steel, 
with  nickel  handle,  and  will   last  a  lifetime.     Whether  you  have  half-a-dozen  or  several    hundred  fowls  to  kill  and 
dress  for  market,  one  of  these  knives  will  prove  a  highly  satisfactory  investment. 

Price,  postpaid 50c 


SPECIAI^—Be  I 


to  read  "Anorted  Order"  notice, 

166 


1S3. 


Cyphers  Powder  Guns 

A  Necessary  Article  in  Every  Poultry  Yard.    Made  in  Two  Sizes 

THESE  Insect  Powder  Guns  were  originally  designed  to  meet  a  demand  for  as 
large  a  gun  as  can  be  held  in  the  hand.  The  bottom,  or  spout  part,  as  may 
be  seen  in  the  picture,  screws  on  or  off,  and  makes  a  large  opening  for 
filling  with  powder.  Just  the  thing  for  applying  Cyphers  Lice  Powder.  Made  in 
two  sizes.     Thousands  of  them  in  use — a  standard  article. 

Prices:  Large  Jumbo  size,  each  25c;  postpaid,  30c 
Small  size,  each  10c;  postpaid,  12c 


Climax  Spray  Pumps 

A  Popular-Price  Sprayer  for  Poultrymen 

I  REAT  advantage  is  derived  by  the  use  of  these  sprayers  in 

exterminating  potato   bugs,   tobacco,  corn,   tomato  and 

currant  worms,   and   all  plant  insects;  also  in  killing  lice 

in  poultry  houses.     They  are  used  extensively  on  horses,  cattle 

and   swine,    and   for   spraying  clothes,   carpets,   cigar  wrappers, 

etc.;  in  fact,  wherever  a  sprayer  is  needed.     These  sprayers  are 

light,  strong,  compact  and  well-made.     Each  is  tested  with  an  automatic  spray  pump  before  it  leaves  the  factory.  We 

recommend  this  pump  for  spraying  Cyphers  Lice  Paint,  Napcreol  Disinfectant  and  Anti-Fly  Pest.  Weight,  i}4,  lbs. 

Prices:    Each,  tin,  50c;  express  prepaid,  70c 


Success  Spray  Pump 

for  Whitewashing,  Window  Washing,  Buggy  Washing, 
Tree  Spraying,  Etc. 

MANY  poultrymen  have  become  tired  of  whitewashing  their  poultry  houses  in  the 
old  way — with  a  brush — and  are  looking  for  an  effective  spraying  pump,  at  low  cost, 
that  will  do  the  work  satisfactorily  and  with  far  less  trouble.  We  offer  such  a  pump 
in  the  Portable  Brass  Spray  Pump,  illustrated  herewith.  This  pump  is  furnished  with  a 
Calla  Nozzle,  which  may  be  graduated  to  give  a  solid  stream  or  a  coarse  or  fine  spray.  The 
Success  has  a  brass  cylinder  and  air  chamber,  hence  will  not  corrode.  It  has  a  steel  rod  and 
is  designed  to  set  in  a  pail  or  vessel  of  water,  with  the  foot  rest  outside.  See  illustration. 
Is  also  arranged  to  discharge  a  fine  jet  in  bottom  of  bucket.  This  answers  the  same  purpose 
as  an  agitator,  keeps  the  whitewash  or  other  mixture  thoroughly  mixed  and  is  especially 
recommended  for  whitewashing,  and  for  spraying  trees,  bushes,  flowers,  etc.  Pump  is 
furnished  complete  with  a  Calla  Nozzle  and  foot  rest.     Weight,  23  pounds. 

Price,  Safely  packed $3.75 


Wire  Nests 

Easy  to  Keep  Clean,  Vermin-Proof,  Indestructible 


■^HESE  nests  are  strongly  made  from  heavy  japanned  steel' wire,  iJ/^-inch  mesh,  and 
wiU  last  a  lifetime.  They  are  intended  to  fasten  to  the  wall  with  screws  or  screw 
hooks.     There  is  no  room  on  them  for  lodgment  of  lice  or  vermin  of  any  kind;  they 

easy  to  keep  clean  and  are  far  superior  to  wooden  boxes.     Weight,  i  doz.,  4  lbs. 
Prices,  each 15c  Per  dozen $1.50 


Food  or  Water  Cups   (For  Exhibition  coops) 


M 


ADE  of  galvanized  iron,  strong  and  durable;  hold  one-half  pint  each,  enough 
for  all  ordinary  purposes.  The  wires  can  be  bent  to  secure  them  to  any 
style  of  coop.     Will  soon  save  their  cost  in  preventing  waste  of  food. 


Prices:   Each  15c;  per  dozen,  $1.50.    If  to  be 
add  5c  each  for  postage 


Porcelain  Nest  Eggs 


>HESE  eggs  are  made  of  first-dass  flint  glass;  they  do  not  break  easily  and  will  last  indefinitely.     It  is  not  advisable 
to  remove  from  the  nest  all  the  eggs  laid   unless  you  provide  a  nest  egg  such  as  the  one  we  offer. 
Prices  of  Porcelain  Nest  Eggs:    Two,  5c;  per  dozen,  25c 

SPECIAL — Be  sure  to  read  "Assorted  Order"  notice,  see  page  153. 

167 


Mann's  Green-Bone  Cutters 

Easiest  to  Fill,  Easiest  to  Clean,  Easiest  to  Turn — Warranted  Against  Breakage 
Construction — Never  Get  Out  of  Order 


-Simplest  in 


THE  FEEDING  OF  RAW  BONE  AND  MEAT  pro- 
duces more  eggs  when  you  want  them  most;  makes 
eggs  more  fertile;  insures  more  vigorous  chicks; 
matures  broilers  quicker;   makes  fowls  lay  earlier;   often 
stops  egg  eating  and  feather  pulling  by  the  flock  and  helps 
to  insure  the  flock  against  roup  and 
other  ills. 

WE  HANDLE  AND  OFFER 
FOR  SALE  the  Mann's  Green- Bone 
Cutters  because  they  are  the  stand- 
ard make  for  this  use  and  have  been 
for  years.  The  Mann's  Cutter 
cuts  more  rapidly  than  any  other ;  its 
knives  are  in  action  all  the  time. 
The  Mann's  has  a  perfectly  self-gov- 
erning automatic  feed.  You  do  not 
have  to  use  one  hand  for  controlling 
No.  5B.  Price  $8.00.  thefeed— a  tiresome,  tedious,  awkward 
process.  You  drop  the  bone  into  the  open  cylinder,  on 
one  side  or  both  sides  of  the  partition,  as  you  like,  drop  the 
follower  in  place,  clasp  on  the  feed  handle,  and  you  are 
ready  for  business,  with  both  hands  free  to  be  used  one  at 
a  time  for  turning.  The  feed  is  both  automatic  and  self- 
governing,  a  feature  not  successfully  accomplished  by  any 
other  bone  cutter.  All  Mann's  machines  are  equipped  with 
an  automatic  governing  spring  feed,  and  all  machines  of 
No.  7  size  or  larger  have  a  hinged  cylinder  which  gives 
instant  access  to  all  working  parts. 


No.  5  C.  This  machine 
is  exactly  the  same  as  the  No. 
5  B,  with  crank  handle  instead 
of  a  balance  wheel.  Weight, 
35  lbs. 


Price,  Complete,  $6.( 


No.  5  B.  This  machine 
is  exactly  the  same  as  the  No. 
5  B.  M.,  except  that  it  has  not 
the  iron  stand.  The  capacity 
is  the  same.    Weight,  6o  lbs. 

Price,  Complete,  $8.00 


No.  5  B.  M.     Made 
Mann's  1903  Model  C.ftPr    the    same     principle     as 


the 


No.  7,For  Flocks  of  100  to  larger  sizes,  and  equipped 
200  Hens.  Price  $12.00.  with  a  patented  automatic 
spring  feed  handle.  The  cylinder  is  6  inches  in  diameter 
and  4  inches  deep.  The  cutter  is  mounted  on  a  substantial 
iron  stand 'which  can  be  fastened  to  the  floor.  Weight, 
8o  lbs.     Capacity,  about  }^  lb.  per  minute. 

Price,  Complete,  with  iron  stand  .  .$10.40 

No.  7  Model,  is  equipped  with  automatic  govern- 
ing spring  feed.  Large,  open-hinged  cylinder,  giving 
instant  access  to  all  working  parts.  Six  special  knives. 
Gear  guard,  anti-clog  device.  Heavy  balance  wheel,  with 
adjustable  handle,  besides  all  the  best  features  of  all 
old-style  machines.      Weight,     107    lbs.      Cylinder,    7)^ 


inches  in  diameter,  5}^  inches  deep.    Capacity,  J^  to  i  lb 
per  minute. 

Price,  Complete, $12.00 

No.   7  1-2.    New 

Model,  is  a  combina- 
tion hand  or  power  Bone 
Cutter.  Adapted  to 
run  either  way  with- 
out changing  any  part. 
Meets  the  demand  for 
a  small  power  cutter. 
Cylinder  same  size  as 
No.  7.  Capacity,  50  to 
100  lbs.  per  hour. 
Weight,  150  lbs.;  diam- 
eter of  the  pulley,  1 1 J^ 
inches,  2^-inch  face. 
Speed  of  pulley,  300 
revolutions  per  minute. 
Horse  power  required, 
J^  to  I. 

Price,  Complete, 
.  $16.00 

No.  9,  New  Model,  is  intended  for  flocks  of  500  to 
1,000  hens.  This  machine  is  similar  to  No.  7,  but  has  a 
much  greater  capacity.  Weight,  170  lbs.  Cylinder,  9 
inches  in  diameter,  6  inches  deep. 

Price,  Complete $18.40 

No.  11,  New  Model,  is  intended  for  large  flocks  when 
the  machine  must  be  run  by  hand  a  portion  of  the  time. 
It  is  the  same  as  No.  9  except  it  has  power  attachments. 
Horse  power  required,  i  to  i}^.  Weight,  215  lbs. 
Diameter  of  pulley,  15  inches,  3}^-inch  face;  speed  of 
pulley,  300  to  3S0  revolutions  per  minute.  Cylinder 
same  size  as  No.  9. 

Price,  Complete $26.00 

No.  12,  Power  Cutter.  This  machine  costs  but 
$4.00  more  than  the  semi-power,  the  No.  11,  yet  is 
heavier,  stronger,  better  and  more  durable.  It  is 
strictly  a  power  machine. 
It  has  all  the  new  pat- 
ented improvements ; 
open  cylinder,  auto- 
matic governing  feed 
anti-clog  device,  ample 
space  for  large  box  to 
catch  the  product.  In 
addition,  this  cutter  has 
a  grab  clutch,  an  im- 
portant and  novel  de- 
vice by  which  it  can  be 
started  and  stopped  in- 
stantly. Capacity,  120 
to  150  lbs.  per  hour. 
Weight,  260  lbs.  Diam- 
eter of  pulley,  16  inches, 
4-inch  face;  speed  of 
pulley,  300  to  350  revo- 
lutions   per    minute; 

diameter  of  cylinder,  9  inches.    Horse  power  required,  i  t 
Price,  Complete $30.00 


No.  12  Power  Cutter.    Price  $30.00. 


SPECIAL— Be 


read  "Assorted  Order*' 


153. 


Mann's  Clover  Cutter 


THIS  is  a  standard  machine  in  every  respect.  It  is  made  entirely 
of  iron  and  steel  and  cannot  warp  or  shrink.  This  cutter  was 
designed  with  the  special  object  in  view  of  making  the  knives 
simple  to  adjust  and  easy  to  sharpen.  Cuts  any  kind  of  hay  or  clover, 
either  dry  or  green;  cuts  it  to  lengths  suitable  for  poultry,  and  does  the 
work  more  rapidly  than  any  other  hand  cutter  of  the  same  size  on  the 
market.  Each  revolution  of  the  balance  wheel  produces  twelve  cuts, 
while  other  cutters  produce  only  three  to  eight.  Weight,  without  stand, 
60  pounds;  with  stand,  complete,  75  pounds. 

Prices:  Without  stand  (for  use  on  bench  or  table) $  8.00 

With  iron  stand,  all  complete 10.00 

Banner  Root  Cutter  No.  7 

THE  illustration  shows  Banner  Root  and  Vegetable  Cutter  No.  7, 
a  cutter  made  expressly  for  poultrymen.  It  quickly  cuts  the 
vegetables  into  long,  round,  ribbon-like  slices  that  resemble  a 
bunch  of  angle  worms,  which  fowls  readily  eat  up  to  the  last  morsel. 
This  is  a  strictly  high-class  machine  and  at  the  low  price  will  pay  for 
itself  in  a  short  time  by  improving  the  health,  vigor  and  productiveness 
of  the  fowls.  Weight,  30  pounds. 
Price:    Complete $5.00 


Root  Cutter  No.  28 


To  meet  the  demand  from  large  plants  for  a  power  root  cutter  we  list  Root   Cutter  No.  28.     This  cutter  has 
eight  steel  knives — four  corrugated  and  four  plain.     We  offer  it  with  a  crank  for  hand  power  and  with  crank 
and  pulley  for  hand  or  power.     This  machine  cuts  all  roots  and  vegetables  like  beets,  potatoes,  onions,  apples, 
turnips,  cabbage,  etc.,  so  fine  that  all  stock  can  feed  on  them  without  danger  of  choking.     Weight,  without  pulley.  140 
pounds;  with  pulley,  complete,  150  pounds. 
Prices:     With  crank  (no  pulley) $18.00  Complete  with  pulley  and  crank .   $20.00 


Dry-Bone  and  Shell  Mill 

THIS  is  one  of  the  handiest  appliances  in  use  by  thrifty  poultrymen.     It  is  the  best 
mill  on  the  market  for  grinding  dry  bone,  oyster  or  clam  shells,  coarse  grains  like 
corn,  charcoal,  etc.     The  low  price  at  which  it  is  sold  places  it  within  the  reach 
of  every  poultry  raiser.     Diameter  of  hand  wheel,  20  inches. 
Prices:  Without  stand,  weight, 33 lbs.  $5.00 
With   stand,  weight,  64  lbs . .     7.00 


Tennessee  Grinding  Mill 


ALOW-PRICED  and  handy  grinding  mill  used  only  for  grinding  or  cracking 
grain.     Just  the  machine  for  the  poultryman  with  a  small  or  moderate 
sized  flock,  or  for  farm  and  family  use.     It  is  readily  taken  apart  for  clean- 
ing or  oiling.     Easily  adjusted  for  fine  or  coarse  grinding  of  wheat,  corn  or  other 
dry  grain  or  spices.     All  bearings  are  chilled ;  crank  is  of  malleable  iron.     Grinding 
plates  made  of  hardest  and  strongest  metals.     Weight,  complete,  12  pounds. 

Each $2.00  Extra  Grinders,  per  set 


Balance-Wheel  Grist  Mill 

A  WONDERFULLY  rapid  grinder,  and  most  desirable  in  every  way.     May  be 
adjusted  for  coarse  or  fine  grinding.      Burrs  made  of  special  iron.     Grinds 
corn  and  grain  of  all  kinds,  also  coffee,  spice,  etc.     Can  be  bolted  to  a  table. 
Balance  wheel  adds  steadiness  and  momentum.     Capacity  one-half  to  one  bushel  per 
hour.     Weight,  25  pounds. 
Price:  Each $2.25 


SPECIAL— Be  i 


read  "Assorted  Order"  notice,  see  page  153. 


Lice-Proof  Perch  Support 


in  Two  Style 

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A  Cyphers  Company  Invention.     Thousands  Now  in  Successful  Use.     Made  in  Two  Styles 

THIS  all-metal  Roost  Support  was  placed  on  the   market  by 
us  to  supply  the  demand  for  a  support  sufficiently  strong 
to  withstand  the  rough  usage  to  which  it  is  subjected,  and 
is  unequalled  by  any  other  similar  device  now  in  use  by  poultry 
raisers.     Thousands  of  them  have  been  sold  by  us  and  our  agents 
and  they  have  received  the  endorsement  of  many  repeat  orders. 

CYPHERS  LICE-PROOF  PERCH  SUPPORTS  are  manu- 
factured of  cast  iron  and  with  ordinary  care  will  last  a  lifetime. 
They  are  cheap  in  price,  easily  put  up  and  if  once  tried  will  always 
be  used.  They  are  attached  to  the  wall  or  droppings  board  with 
screws.  The  oil  cup  is  covered  with  a  cap  to  prevent  an  accu- 
mulation of  dust.  Fill  each  cup  with  Cyphers  Lice  Paint  or 
with  ordinary  kerosene  oil.  When  the  little  cup  contains  the 
Wall  Perch  Support.  ^il  or  lice  paint,  it  is  impossible  for  lice  to  pass  from  the  walls  of  Upright  Perch  Support, 
building   or   droppings    board    to   the   roosts   or   from    the  roosts    to    the   walls   or   droppings   board. 

If  you  are  troubled  with  lice  in  your  poultry  house  it  will  pay  you  well  to  purchase  a  sufficient  number  of  these 
Lice-Proof  Perch  Supports  to  equip  your  poultry  house  so  that  the  fowls  can  rest  in  comfort. 

Cyphers  Lice-Proof  Perch  Supports  are  made  in  two  styles.  The  Wall  Perch  Support  is  designed  for  use  where 
the  perch  can  be  supported  from  either  end,  allowing  a  free  space  below  perch.  The  Upright  Perch  Support  will  be 
found  convenient  for  attaching  to  the  droppings  board,  at  ends  of  perch,  or  in  the  case  of  extra  long  perches  one  or 
more  supports  can  be  placed  in  the  middle. 

PRICES  OF  LICE-PROOF   PERCH   SUPPORTS: 
Wall  Support:    Per  pair,  30c;   postpaid,  65c;    per  }^  dozen  single  hangers,  90c;    per  dozen  single 
hangers,  $1.75.     (By  freight  or  express.) 

Upright  Support:  Per  pair,  40c;  postpaid,  90c;  per  }^  dozen  single  hangers,  $1.10;  per  dozen 
single  hangers,  $2.10.     (By  freight  or  express.) 

WEIGHTS:     Wall  Support- "       ■ 

12  lbs. ;  per  dozen,  24  lbs. 


pair,  3  lbs.;  per  H    dozen,  9  lbs.;  per  dozen,  18  lbs.      Upright  Support  —  1  pair,  4  lbs.;  per  ^  i 


Hexagon  Poultry  Netting 


This  Grade  is  Galvanized  After  Weaving  and  Meets  the  Requirements 

THERE     ARE    SEVERAL   MAKES    of   comparatively   worthless   poultry  netting   on 
the  market — as  many  poultry  keepers  have  learned  to  their  sorrow.     In  line  with 
our  established   policy.    Cyphers   Incubator   Company   handles  a  high-grade  article 
at  a  popular  price.   We   warrant   each    bale   of    Hexagon    Poultry    Fencing    sold    by    us 
to  be  of  full  width,  of  full  length,  of  standard  mesh  and  to  be  as  satisfactory  in  all  respects  as 
can  be  bought  anywhere. 

In  comparing  our  prices  with  those  of  other  dealers,  please  take  into  consideration  the 
important  fact  that  our  No.  19  wire  and  No.  20  wire  are  both  guaranteed  to  be  full  gauge, 
to  be  galvanized  after  weaving  and  coated  extra  heavily  with  spelter,  making  it 
far  more  lasting  than  the  cheaper  grades. 

We  quote  the  2-inch  mesh  fencing  woven  from  No.  19  wire,  and  the  i-inch  mesh  fencing 
woven  from  No.  20  wire.  Two-inch  mesh  fencing  made  from  No.  20  wire  is  quoted  by  us  at 
much  lower  prices  than  the  prices  at  which  we  sell  that  woven  from  No.  19  wire,  but  we 
do  not  recommend  fencing  of  larger  mesh  than  i-inch  that  is  made  from  wire  lighter 
than  No.  19.  Where  i-inch  mesh  is  required  No.  20  wire  is  sufficiently  heavy.  We  do  not 
sell  less  than  full  rolls.     Carried  in  following  sires: — 

ONE-INCH  MESH— No.  20  wire:     12,  18,  24  and  36  inches  in  height. 
TWO-INCH   MESH— No.  19  wire:    24,  36,  48,  60,  72  and  84  inches  in  height. 
PRICES  VARIABLE 
Quotations  on  request.     Write  for  special  circular  giving  lowest   prices;   for 
immediate  acceptance. 

Poultry  Fence  Staples 

These  staples  are  made  from  heavy  galvanized  steel  wire,  best  suited  for  poultry  fencing. 
Poultry  Fence  Staples,  Price  per  pound,  9c. 

Perfection  Staple  Driver 

Don't  Pound  Your  Fingers— Use  a  Perfection  Staple  Driver.    It  will  Stretch  the  Wire  Also 

The  crowning  feature  of  the  Perfection  Staple  Driver  is  that  by  its  use  there  is  no  possible  chance  of  pounding 
your  fingers.  This  tool  overcomes  all  disagreeable  features  encountered 
in  erecting  wire  fencing.  By  its  use  the  wire  can  be  stretched  and  the 
staple  driven  with  ease.  The  wire  can  be  stretched  evenly  at  every  angle, 
and  the  staples  driven  at  the  points  they  will  do  the  most  good.  The 
wire  can  be  drawn  taut  and  the  staple  driven  where,  without  the  Staple  Driver,  it  would  be  impossible.  One  man 
using  a  Perfection  Staple  Driver  can  erect  more  wire  fencing  and  in  better  shape  than  two  men  can  without  it. 

Price 25c  Postpaid 30c 

SPECIAL — Be  sure  to  read  "Assorted  Order"  notice,  see  page  IS3. 

170 


Cico  Roof  Covering 

Special  Brand  and  Quality  Made  for  Cyphers  Company  Customers 

CICO    IS    OUR    TRADE-NAME— a  contraction  of  Cyphers  Incubator  Company— 
for   a    high-grade  roofing   manufactured   for   us   in   large  quantities  for  use  on 
poultry  houses  and  other  buildings;  also  on  roosting  coops,   brood  coops,  out-         MtnoBFi 
door  brooders,  etc.  ■PDSEI 

CICO  ROOFING  is  fire  -  resisting,  water  -  proof,  weather-proof  and  of  a  quality 
to  resist  extremes  of  heat  and  cold;  also  the  heaviest  stoTms  of  rain,  hail  or 
snow.  The  composition  with  which  it  is  saturated  will  not  run  nor  sweat  out  on  hot 
days,  nor  crack  during  cold  weather.  It  is  water-proof  throughout — not  merely  on 
the  surface.  Made  from  high-grade,  long-fiber  wool  felt,  if  will  out-last,  by  several 
seasons,  the  usual  grades  of  roofing  in  general  use.  Its  tough  flexibility  makes  it  easy 
to  lay  on  any  kind  of  roof.  It  is  odorless  and  does  not  taint  rain  water,  as  a  cheaply- 
constructed  roofing  will  do.  It  is  of  an  elastic  nature,  which  admits  the  making  of  joints 
around  corners  and  chimneys  without  breakage  or  cracking,  as  do  many  cheap  roof- 
ings on  the  market. 

EACH  ROLL  is  32  inches  wide  and  contains  216  square  feet,  being  suflfi- 
cient  to  cover  two  squares  and  to  allow  for  two-inch  lap.  It  is  also  put  up  in 
half-rolls  containing  108  square  feet,  including  two-inch  lap.  It  is  ready  and  easy  to 
lay,  and  does  not  require  an  expert.    Sufficient  cement  and  nails  come  with  each  roll. 

PRICES  OF  CICO  ROOFING 

JPLT:    1  toSiq.,  pertq.  $1.50;     6  to  10  sq.,  per  sq.  $1.45;  11  to  30  sq.,  per  sq.  $1.40;  31  sq.  and  over,  per  sq.  $1.35 

1  PLY:    1  toSsq.,  persq.     1.90;     6  to  10  sq.,  per  sq.     1.85;  1 1  to  30  sq. ,  per  sq.     1.80;  31  sq.  and  over,  per  sq.     1.75 

2  PLY:    1  toSsq.,  persq.    2.75;     6  to  10  sq. ,  per  sq.    2.60;  11  to  30  sq.,  per  sq.     2.55;  31  sq.  and  over,  per  sq.    2.50 

3  PLY:    1  to5sq.,  persq.    3.25;     6  to  10  sq. ,  per  sq.     3.15;  11  to  30  sq.,  per  sq.     3.00;  31  sq.  and  over,  per  iq.     2.90 

Shipping  weight  per  2-square  roll:     H  ply,  30  lbs.;  1  ply,  37  lbs.;  2  ply,  47  lbs.;  3  ply,  57  lbs.   (By  freight  or  express.) 

Cyphers  Red  Rope  Building  Paper 

A  Standard  Paper  for  Lining  Houses,  Coops,  Etc. 

DRAFTS  ARE  FATAL  TO  FOWLS  that  are  quiet,  especially  at  night.     Ventilation  is  essential  to  fowl  health, 
but  it  must  not  be  in  the  form  of  drafts  blowing  directly  upon  them.     Roofs  of  poultry  houses  should  be  air- 
tight as  well  as  water-tight,  and  the  closed  outside  walls  should  be  draft-proof. 
CYPHERS  RED  ROPE  PAPER  is  recommended  by  us  for  this  use.     It  is  manufactured  especially  for  us  by  a 
reliable   manufacturer.       This   paper   is   woven,  not  coated,  and  is  the  same  all  the  way  through.       It  is  water-tight, 
durable,  strong,  impervious  to  air  and  is  not  affected  by  heat  or  cold.     For  sheathing  and  siding  we  recommend  it  as 
the  best  paper  we  have  ever  used,  or  that  has  been  brought  to  our  attention.      Sold  in  rolls  of  100  and  500  square  feet. 
Prices:    100  square  feet,  per  roll 90c  500  square  feet,  per  roll $4.00 

Neponset  Papers 

Neponset  Red  Rope  Paper,  100  square  feet  to  the  roll $1.00 

Neponset  Red  Rope  Paper,  500  square  feet  to  the  roll 5.00 

Black  Neponset  Waterproof  BuUding  Paper,  per  roll,  250  square  feet 1.00 

Black  Neponset  Waterproof  Building  Paper,  per  roll,  500  square  feet 1.75 

Samples  supplied  upon  request. 

Tin  Roofing  Caps  and  Roofing  Nails 

These  roofing  caps  are  %-inch  in  diameter,  with  a  hole  punched  in  the  center  of  each  to  receive  the  nail.  One  pound 
of  tin  caps  is  required  for  each  roll  of  roofing. 

The  wire  nails  are  barbed,  are  ij/g  inches  long,  and  should  be  used  with  the  tin  roofing  caps  for  fastening  roofing 
paper  to  the  roof  boards.     One  pound  of  nails  is  required  for  each  roll  of  roofing. 

Price,  per  pound:    Roofing  Caps 7c  Wire  Nails 7c 

"C.  C."  Waterproofed  Sheeting 

Improved  Substitute  for  "Oiled  Muslin" 

POULTRYMEN  have  learned  that  it  is  a  serious  mistake  to  shut  up  fowls  in  tight,  ill-ventilated  houses.  The  open- 
front  or  canvas-front  poultry  house  is  now  the  rule  with  experienced,  up-to-date  poultry  keepers,  with  the  result 
that  damp  litter,  frosty  walls,  colds,  roup  and  generally-debilitated  fowls,  especially  in  winter  time,  are  almost 
things  of  the  past.  This  new  and  better  method  of  housing  poultry  gave  rise  to  a  demand  for  a  suitable  waterproof 
cloth  for  use  on  the  fronts;  also  for  covering  window  frames  and  extra  doors.  Oiled  muslin  was  tried,  but  it  rotted 
quickly,  owing  to  the  rapid  oxidizing  of  the  oil.  What  was  wanted  was  a  waterproof  curtain  material  that  would  shut 
out  the  drafts  and  at  the  same  time  permit  a  gentle  inflow  of  fresh  pure  air,  to  the  great  improvement  of  the  health  of 
the  flocks  and  preserving  the  much-desired  dryness  in  the  house. 

After  long  experimenting.  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  met  this  demand  by  offering  its  special  brand  of  "C.  C." 
Waterproofed  Sheeting,  which  is  more  durable  and  far  better  in  the  essential  features  than  oiled  muslin;  also  much 
cheaper  to  the  consumer  than  if  he  were  to  put  up  curtains  of  ordinary  muslin  and  then  try  treating  them  himself. 

Prices :  "C.  C."  Brand  Waterproofed  Sheeting  (40  inches  wide) .  No  order  filled  for  less  than  ten  yards. 
Less  than  50  yards,  per  yard,  20c.    In  50  to  90-yard  lots,  per  yard,  19c.    In  100-yard  lots,  per  yard,  18c. 
SPECIAL — Be  lure  to  read  "Auorted  Order"  notice,  tee  jM^e  153. 
171 


Cyphers  Complete  Grit 

A  First-Class  Product  in  Extensive  Use  by  Successful  Poultrymen 

IT  IS  AN  ESTABLISHED  FACT  among  poultrymen  that,  in  order  to  make  poultry 
raising  a  success,  a  first-class  grit  must  be  used.     Ordinary  water-washed   smooth 
pebbles  are  not  "grit."  Soft,  crushed  limestone  will  not  answer  the  purpose. 
Good  poultry  grit  must  have  a  formation  which  enables  it  to  retain  its  grinding  qualities 
under  the  relaxation  and  contraction  of  the  fowl's  gizzard. 

CYPHERS  COMPLETE  GRIT  is  as  hard  as  flint,  and  in  addition  to  its  grinding 
properties,  it  contains  lime  in  soluble  form.  This  is  highly  valuable,  as  lime  is  a  necessity 
for  making  egg  shells. 

nimercial  grits  sold  for  fowls  varies  fully  as  much  as   do   the 

There  are  good  grits  for  this  important  purpose  and  there  are 

oft  and  practically  worthless. 

Complete  Grit  is  low,  quality  considered.     We  depend  for  our 

nade  the  price  as  low  as  grit  of  this  quality 


The  value  of  comr. 
value  of  poultry  foods. 
poor  kinds.      Some  are  s 

The  price  of  Cyphers 
profits  on  the  large  i 


■  sell  and  have  i 
be  sold  for.     We  supply  three  sizes  :    No.  i  for  brooder  chicks,  No.  2  for  half-grown 
chicks,  and  No.  3  for  hens,  turkeys,  ducks  and  geese.     No.  i  is  used  by  many  large  duck 
breeders  with  satisfactory  results. 

PRICES 

100-lb.  bag 70c 

500-lb.  lots  (in  100-lb.  bags) 65c  per  100  lbs. 

1000-lb.  lots  (in  100-lb.  bags) 60c  per  100  lbs. 

Crushed  Oyster  Shells 

An  Egg-Shell  Maker  and  Aid  to  Good  Health  in  Poultry 

WE  purchase  these  goods  in  car  lots,  hence  can  offer  them  at  the  lowest  rock-bottom 
prices.     Every  pound  of  Oyster  Shells  offered   by  us  is  dried   by  a  patent, 
hot-air  process,  and  not  by  direct  fire,  which  burns  out  some  of  the  most 
desirable  qualities. 

Our  shells  are  crushed  and  ground  to  the  size  which  expert  poultrymen  agree  to  be 
the  best.  If  you  have  purchased  other  brands  of  Oyster  Shells,  you  have  noticed  that 
there  are  10  to  25  pounds  of  waste,  consisting  of  dirt  and  dust,  mixed  in  with  every  100 
pounds  of  shell.  This  means  a  loss  to  you.  Every  pound  of  shell  we  sell  is  all 
shell  and  no  waste.  It  is  needless  for  us  to  enlarge  upon  the  value  of  crushed 
Oyster  Shells  for  poultry.  Every  poultryman  realizes  their  importance  as  an  egg-shell 
maker  and  general  promoter  of  good  health. 

We  can  also  furnish  fine  crushed  oyster  shells  for  pigeon  keepers. 

PRICES 

100-lb.  bag 75c 

500-lb.  lots  (in  100-lb.  bags) 70c  per  100  lbs. 


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Farm-Poultry.  Boston.  Mass 

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Industrious  Hen,  The,  Knoxville, 

Tenn 

Inland  Poultry  Journal,  Indianapolis 


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National  Poultry  Magazine.  Buffalo. 

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Northwest  Poultry  Journal,  Salem, 

Ore 44  to    64 

Pacific  Poultrycraft,  Los  Angeles. 


Poultry  Review,  Elmira,  N. 
Poultry  Tribune,  Mount  Morris,  111. . 

Poultry  Success,  Springfield.  O 

Profitable  Poultry,  Boston,  Mass.  .  .  , 


Southern  Poultry  Journal,  Dallas, 

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Standard  and  Poultry  World,  Quincy, 

Successful  Poultry  Journal,  Chicago, 
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Union  Poultry  Journal,  Ft.  Smith, 
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CYPHERS  PIGEON  SUPPLIES 

A  Line  of  Standard  Foods  and  Appliances  that 
Helps  Make  Pigeon-Keeping  Easy  and  Profitable 

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SO  closely  is  Pigeon-Keeping  allied  with  the  poultry  industry  that  seyeral  of  the  supplies  used  in  the  latter 
are  adapted  for  the  pigeon-keeper  as  well.     In  the  preceding  pages  will  be  found  a  number  of  such  articles. 
Among  them  we  refer  to  Crushed  Oyster  Shells  appearing  on  page  172   and  to   Leg  Bands  on  page  165. 
The  following  are  special  pigeon  supplies: — 

Cyphers  Pigeon  Food 

CYPHERS  PIGEON  FOOD  is  a  mixture  of  properly-seasoned  grains  specially  selected  for  pigeons.  In  the  com- 
pounding of  a  food  for  pigeons  the  proper  selection  of  the  various  grains  is  of  great  importance.  During  the 
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Salt  Cat  for  Pigeons 


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CHAPTER  IV 

MATING  AND  FEEDING  FOWLS  TO  GET  FERTILE  EGGS 

Number  Of  Birds  to  the  Pen.     Separate  the  Sexes.     Making  Sure  the   ■ 
Eggs  are  Fertile.      Animal  Food  Much  Needed.      Green  Food  Essential. 
How  to  Sprout  Oats.     Home-Made  Fertile  Egg  Food,  etc. 

(Copyright,  January.  1912 ,  by  Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.) 

IN  mating  up  a  pen  of  breeders  from  which  to  secure 
good  hatching  eggs,  bear  in  mind  that  the  male  bird 

is  "half  the  pen,"  as  regards  breeding  results,  there- 
fore the  importance  of  selecting  a  large,  healthy,  vigorous 
male  that  is  "typical"  of  the  breed,  i.  e.,  of  correct  shape 
and  weight,  as  called  for  by  the  American  Standard  of 
Perfection. 

If  you  have  a  number  of  males  to  choose  from,  select 
a  bird  with  good  sized  comb;  bright,  alert  eyes;  back  broad 
at  shoulders;  fairly  long  body;  tail  well  spread;  full,  well- 
rounded  breast;  stout  legs  set  well  apart  at  juncture  with 
body  and  standing  well  apart  at  knees.  He  should  be 
active,  sturdy  looking — full  of  fight. 

Select  pullets  or  hens  of  good  size  for  the  breed,  with 
short,  medium-sized  heads;  bright  eyes;  red  combs;  level, 
broad  backs;  fairly  long,  deep  bodies;  medium  low  tails 
and  stout  legs  set  well  apart.  Be  sure  to  avoid  thin, 
"snaky"  looking  heads,  narrow  backs,  pinched  tails  and 
knock  knees — both  in  males  and  females. 

If  you  are  breeding  fowls  of  the  Mediterranean  class 
— ^Leghorns,  Minorcas,  etc. — mate  fourteen  females  with 
male;  if  of  the  American,  English  or  French  classes — 
Plymouth  Rocks,  Wyandottes,  Rhode  Island  Reds, 
Orpingtons,  Houdans,  etc. — mate  ten  females  with  male; 
if  of  the  Asiatic  class — Brahmas,  Cochins  and  Langshans, 
mate  eight  females  with  male.  If  birds  have  free  range 
these  limits  can  be  increased  twenty-five  per  cent,  with 
safety,  but  size  of  matings  should  be  as  stated  if  birds  are 
kept  in   usual   small   yards   during   hatching   season. 

If  you  buy  breeding  stock,  insist  that  the  males  and 
females  shall  not  be  brothers  and  sisters.  They  should 
be  of  different  "families,"  even  if  bought  of  the  same 
poultryman.  Line  breeding  is  safe,  if  properly  done, 
but  persistent  inbreeding  is  injurious — is  harmfully  debili- 
tating. For  reliable  information  on  this  important  sub- 
ject see  bulletin  No.  i8  of  "Cyphers  Company  Service" 
department,  entitled  "Line  Breeding  For  Increasing  Egg 
Production." 

If  you  buy  hatching  eggs  from  an  experienced,  suc- 
cessful poultryman  who  knows  how  to  avoid  the  serious 
effects  of  inbreeding,  at  the  same  time  retaining  and  in- 
creasing the  valuable  qualities  of  his  strain,  it  will  be  safe 
for  you  to  mate  brothers  and  sisters  one  season.  The 
next  season  select  your  best  cockerels  and  mate  them 
back  on  the  original  pullets — now  hens — and  use  the 
original  males — now  cock  birds — with  the  choicest  of  the 


OUTDOOR  "GREEN  FOOD"  PROTECTOR. 
For  use  when  fowls  are  kept  in  small,  bare  yards.  Made  of 
6-inch  boards  and  covered  with  ordinary  2-inch  mesh  Poultry 
Netting.  Sow  oats,  rye,  lettuce,  kale,  etc.;  put  enclosure  in  place, 
then  after  "Green  Food"  grows  up  the  fowls  will  eat  from  day  to 
day  all  they  can  reach. 


pullets.  If  the  poultryman  of  whom  you  bought  the 
eggs  has  taken  proper  care  to  keep  up  the  size,  stamina 
and  vigor  of  the  breeders  that  produced  the  eggs,  you 
will  be  safe  in  this  course,  but  later  on  you  should  introduce 
"new  blood"  from  time  to  time — see  bulletin  No.  i8. 
To  avoid  the  ill  effects  of  inbreeding,  the  same  care  has 
to  be  practiced  with  trap-nested  flocks  and  individuals. 

Do  not  keep  your  breeders  "mated"  the  year  around. 
At  end  of  the  hatching  season  separate  the  sexes  and  give 
them  free  range  if  you  can  do  so.  Literally  "turn  them 
out  to  grass."  Before  mating  the  breeders  we  like  to 
have  them  out  on  free  range  as  much  as  we  can.  Remem- 
ber that  fowls  have  no  teeth.  Muscular  activity,  there- 
fore, has  to  take  the  place  of  the  usual  form  of  mastication. 
Good  health,  rich  blood  and  fertile  eggs  depend  largely 
on  plenty  of  exercise,  on  the  use  of  sound,  wholesome 
grains  for  food,  on  regular  feeding  of  well-balanced  rations, 
on  a  constant  supply  of  pure  water  and  on  fresh  air  and 
sunshine.  As  a  rule.  Leghorns  do  not  require  enforced 
exercise,  on  account  of  their  natural  activity,  but  the 
heavier  breeds  do,  more  particularly  when  they  are  housed 
or  yarded. 

If  you  have  to  leave  the  males  with  the  hens,  especi- 
ally on  range,  doing  so  is  not  fatal;  however,  do  not  do 
this  if  you  can  avoid  it.  Better  keep  them  separated 
until  the  beginning  of  the  hatching  season — until  ten  days 
or  two  weeks  before  you  wish  to  start  hatching  or  to  sell 
eggs  for  this  purpose.  It  should  be  understood  that  the 
advice  given  in  this  chapter  is  meant  to  apply  chiefly  to 
the  care  and  feeding  of  breeding  fowls  kept  in  confinement. 
Fowls  that  have  free  range,  like  the  average  farm  flock, 
can  shift  for  themselves  to  a  large  extent  and  still  will 
produce  fertile  eggs  when  they  begin  laying  in  March 
or  April. 

If  the  plan  is  to  obtain  your  breeders  from  young 
stock,  that  is  hatched  from  eggs  bought  of  some  other 
poultry  raiser,  be  sure  to  separate  the  sexes  as  soon  as 
the  cockerels  begin  to  crow — when  three  months  old  or 
a  little  older.  The  pullets  in  this  case  will  do  much  better, 
especially  in  the  case  of  growing  stock  that  is  confined  in 
yards.  Early  hatched  pullets  are  desirable,  as  a  rule, 
and  it  is  highly  important  to  keep  them  growing  steadily. 
While  they  are  chicks  do  not  let  them  get  seriously  chilled. 
As  half  grown  pullets  make  them  work  for  what  they  get 
to  eat,  inducing  as  much  healthful  exercise  as  you  can. 
Give  them  dry  quarters — indoors — day  and  night  and  be 
sure  to  prevent  drafts  striking  them  at  night.  Even  an 
open  crack  near  the  roosts  may  do  serious  damage.  Fresh 
air  is  essential  day  and  night,  but  drafts  must  be  avoided. 
Dryness  of  litter  and  of  atmosphere  on  the  interior  of  a 
poultry  house  is  essential  to  fowl  health  and  profitable 
productiveness.  See  bulletins  Nos.  9  and  24  of  Cyphers 
Company  Service  department. 

Allow  fowls  to  go  out  of  doors  daily,  when  not  rain- 
ing, snowing  or  blowing  too  hard. 

After  mating  the  fowls,  wait  ten  days  to  two  weeks 
as  a  rule,  before  incubating  the  eggs  or  selling  them  for 
hatching  purposes.  Eggs  have  been  known  to  be  fertile 
on  the  third  day,  but  the  period  given  is  the  safe  rule. 
Some  male  birds  are  useless  as  breeders.  This  can  soon 
be  learned — and  it  should  be  done  before  any  eggs  are 
shipped  away  to  customers.  Set  some  of  the  eggs  after 
ten  days  have  passed,  and  by  the  fifth  or  sixth  day  you 
can   tell   by    "testing"  whether  they  have   been  fertilized. 

Certain  males  do  not  fertilize  the  eggs  of  certain 
pullets  or  hens.     This  frequently  will  be  found  to  be  the 


MATING  AND  FEEDING  FOWLS  TO  GET  FERTILE  EGGS 


case.  For  example,  in  a  flock  of  eight  to  fourteen  females, 
the  male  is  liable  to  have  favorites.  It  may  be,  therefore, 
that  twenty  to  forty  per  cent,  of  the  eggs  gathered  daily 
from  this  mating  will  be  sterile.  Such  females  should 
be  removed  from  the  pen  and  mated  with  another  male 
bird.  If  necessary,  try  small  matings,  even  cooping  or 
yarding  these  birds  in  pairs  or  trios.  Now  and  then  a  pullet 
or  hen  is  found  to  be  barren.  She  should  be  disposed 
of  as  table  poultry,  if  hatching  eggs  are  what  you  want. 

To  get  fertile  eggs  keep  the  fowls  busy — at  work  I 
Exercise  is  absolutely  essential.  Feed  all  whole  grain 
and  cracked  corn  in  straw  litter  eight  inches  deep.  Loosen 
the  litter  daily  so  that  the  grain  will  work  down  into  it, 
then  scatter  the  grain  well.  This  is  important.  In  feed- 
ing mash  food — mix  it  crumbly  wet,  not  sloppy — and  give 
them  only  as  much  as  they  will  eat  in  about  fifteen  minutes, 
then  remove  what  is  left. 

Do  not  over-feed.  If  you  see  whole  or  cracked  grain 
left  in  the  litter  and  the  fowls  are  not  digging  for  it,  stop  feed- 
ing more  grain  until  all  is  found  and  eaten.  As  regards  mash 
food,  your  fowls  should  meet  the  attendant  at  the  door  or 
gate  at  the  regular  feeding  time  and  show  plainly  by  their 
actions  that  they  are  hungry — are  ready  for  more  food. 

Feed  at  regular  hours  and  notice  the  movements  of 
the  birds.  As  near  as  you  can,  keep  them  scratching 
most  of  the  time.  They  must  not  be  allowed  to  become 
too  fat.  If  this  happens,  they  will  slack  up  on  the  egg 
yield  and  there  will  be  an  increase  in  soft-shelled  eggs 
and  a  falling  off  in  fertility.  The  healthy,  happy  hen  is 
the  one  that  digs  for  food  most  of  the  day  and  keeps  at 
it  until  nearly  dark.  Beware  of  the  lazy  hen  that  mopes 
about  in  the  day  time  and  goes  early  to  roost — she  is  the 
over-fat  kind,  the  drone,  the  non-producer. 

Fovvls  must  have  animal  food  in  some  form  if  you 
are  to  get  strongly  fertilized,  large  sized  eggs  and  plenty 
of  them.  Use  beef  scrap,  chopped  fresh  meat  or  cut 
green  bone.  This  is  especially  advisable  in  fall,  winter 
and  early  spring.  If  fowls  are  not  accustomed  to  these 
foods,  start  their  use  gradually.  Place  the  scrap,  meat  or 
green  bone  before  them  during  only  two  or  three  minutes 
the  first  three  or  four  days.  This  will  avoid  bowel  trouble. 
After  that  the  beef  scrap  can  be  kept  before  them  all 
the  time  in  a  dry  food  hopper — See  special  rat-proof 
Boston  Hopper  for  beef  scrap,  page  159.  Feed  fresh 
meat  or  green  bone  on  boards,  in  troughs  or  dishes.  They 
also  can  be  mixed  in  wet  mash,  the  same  as  beef  scrap. 
Many  experienced  poultrymen  prefer  this  method  of 
feeding  animal  food,  so  that  each  fowl  will  get  its  portion. 


In  order  to  produce  a  large  yield  of  well-fertilized  eggs 
the  fowls  must  have  green  food  in  liberal  quantities.  For 
green  food  use  steamed  short-cut  alfalfa  or  clover,  sugar  beets 
mangel  wurtzels,  cabbage,  turnips,  carrots  or  apples.  Apples 
(culls)  are  first  class.  Cooked  potatoes  (boiled)  will 
answer  if  no  other  form  of  green  food  is   available. 

Sprouted  oats  are  excellent.  Place  ordinary  oats 
in  a  tub  or  other  large  vessel,  cover  with  luke  warm  water 
and  allow  to  stand  over  night.  Spread  on  dry  floor  an 
inch  deep  in  room  where  temperature  remains  about 
seventy  to  seventy-five  degrees,  or  place  in  flat  trays  or 
shalfow  boxes.  Sprinkle  daily  with  luke  warm  water  and 
sprouts  will  grow  to  be  five  inches  in  length  in  ten  days 
and  one  bushel  of  oats  will  make  five  bushels  of  feed. 
Fowls  are  very  fond  of  it.  Begin  feeding  the  tenth  day 
and  continue  daily,  giving  fowls  about  one  inch  square 
as  taken  from  the  sprouting  pan. 

Be  sure  to  feed  beets,  turnips,  cabbage,  etc.,  in  a 
manner  to  induce  exercise.  A  good  plan  is  to  cut  in 
halves  or  quarters  and  hang  up  by  coarse  string  or  wire 
so  the  fowls  will  have  to  reach  for  it  and  follow  the  food 
as  it  swings  back  and  forth. 

Keep  sharp  grit  and  a  good  grade  of  oyster  shell 
before  the  fowls  all  the  time — in  grit  and  shell  boxes. 
See  type  of  sanitary  box  on  page  160.  Granulated  char- 
coal also  should  be  kept  before  the  fowls  at  all  times, 
as  an  aid  to  digestion  and  as  a  bowel  corrective. 

If  you  do  not  find  it  convenient  to  buy  and  use  a 
standard,  machine-mixed  brand  of  fertile  egg  food,  like 
the  Cyphers  Company's  "Fertile  Egg  Mash,"  (see  page 
122),  the  following  mixture  will  be  found  to  do  good  work 
as  a  substitute:  One  bushel  of  bran,  one  bushel  of  heavy 
middUngs,  one  bushel  of  ground  oats,  two  bushels  of  corn 
meal,  one  pint  of  salt,  two  pounds  of  granulated  charcoal. 
Mix  thoroughly.  By  heavy  middlings  is  meant  a  grade 
that  contains  a  good  deal  of  flour,  most  of  the  bran 
having  been  removed.  Used  as  "dry  feed,"  keep  this 
mixture  before  the  fowls  all  the  time  in  rat-proof  hoppers 
and  supply  animal  food  and  green  food  separately.  Used 
as  a  wet  mash,  add  thirty  per  cent,  of  steamed  cut  clover 
or  alfalfa  at  time  of  feeding.  To  steam  the  clover  or 
alfalfa,  place  it  in  a  tub  or  other  vessel,  pour  on  boiling 
water,  cover  with  a  lid  and  allow  it  to  steam  a  couple  of 
hours.  Then  use  with  above  home-made  fertile  egg  food, 
or  it  can  be  fed  separately.  The  more  green  food  the 
fowls  can  be  induced  to  eat,  the  better  it  will  be  for  them. 

Gather  eggs  four  times  daily  in  winter  time  and  twice 
a  day  in  warm  weather.  For  advice  about  the  selection 
and  proper  care  of  hatching  eggs,  see  Chapter  V,  page  180. 


DO  THESE  HIGH-RECORD-LAYERS  SUGGEST  AN  "EGG  TYPE"  ? 
White  Rock,  Hen  No.  3844-R.  Barred  Rock,  Hen  No.  863-R.  White  Wyandotte,  Hen  No.  360. 

Laid  234  Eggs  in  One  Year.  Laid  236  Eggs  in  One  Year.  Laid  237  Eggs  In  One  Year. 


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which  branch  or  branches  of  the  poultry  business  is  best 
suited  to  his  locality,  markets,  resources  and  taste.  The 
book  contains  valuable  chapters  on  "The  Housing  and 
Yarding  of  Fowls";  "Profitable  Egg  Farming";  "The  Pro- 
duction of  Squab-Broilers,  Broilers  and  Roasters";  "Com- 
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"The  Standard-Bred  Poultry  Business— What  It  Is,  What 
It  Amounts  To.  and  Its  Future";  a  very  complete  chapter 
on  "Starting  in  the  Poultry  Business",  containing  practical 
articles  by  well-known,  successful  poultrymen;  a  chapter 
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with  Poultry";  one  on  "The  Employment  of  Artificial 
Means  in  the  Production  of  Poultry  on  a  Large  Scale"; 
and  one  on  "The  Use  of  Incubators  on  the  Farm  and  on 
the  Village  Acre." 

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Book  No.  2 — "  Profitable  Care  and  Management 
of  Poultry  " 

This  is  one  of  the  most  thoroughly  practical  and 
up-to-date  working  text-books  ever  published.  It  takes 
the  reader  in  hand  after  he  has  decided  to  embark  in  the 
poultry  business,  and  proceeding  on  the  assumption  that 
he  is  a  beginner,  with  little  knowledge  of  the  work  before 
him,  tells  him  what  to  do  and  how  to  do  it.  This  book 
is  full  of  valuable  information  from  cover  to  cover.  Its 
10  chapters  treat  of  the  actual  work,  as  follows:  Chapter 
I,  "Location  of  Plant  and  Construction  of  Buildings." 
Chapter  2,  "Breeding  Stock;  Foods  and  Feeding."  This 
chapter  tells  how  to  select  suitable  breeding  stock,  how 
to  build  up  a  strain  and  establish  a  flock  that  will  give 
lasting  results,  and  about  the  proper  size  of  the-  flocks. 
Very  complete  information  is  given  concerning  food  for 
poultry,  including  what  foods  are  for,  the  various  kinds 
in  common  use  and  how  to  feed  them.  The  dry  feeding 
method  is  fully  explained,  giving  the  results  of  four  years 

of  dry  feeding  by  an  expert  on  this  subject.  Suitable 
rations  for  large  and  small  flocks  are  given,  with  formulas 
of  the  most  reliable  of  well-tested  rations,  including  the 
moist  mash  method  of  feeding.  Chapter  3  tells  of  "The 
Use  and  Abuse  of  Incubators,"  giving  full  information 
about  buying  and  locating  the  incubator,  with  an  article 

on  "How  to  Operate  a 

Modern    Machine    for 

Best  Results."  Direc- 
tions    are     given     for 

incubating   hen   eggs, 

duck  eggs  and  goose 

eggs.    Chapter  4.   "The 

Care   and    Handling   of 

Eggs,"  tells  all  about 

the  uses  of  eggs,  about 


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keeping  and  marketing  eggs,  preserving  eggs  and  how  to 
increase  the  egg  yield.  Chapter  5.  "The  Care  of  Brooder 
Chicks,"  gives  common-sense  advice  on  brooding  chicks, 
including  food,  care  and  management  "from  the  egg  to 
eggs."  Chapter  6,  "The  Care  of  Growing  Stock,"  gives 
rations  for  growing  chicks,  broilers,  roasters  and  stock 
birds.  Chapter  7,  "Marketing  Guaranteed  Fresh  Eggs," 
tells  how  to  build  up  an  egg  trade.  Chapter  8,  "Killing, 
Dressing  and  Marketing,"  gives  complete  instructions 
on  this  important  subject.  Chapter  9,  "The  Prevention 
of  Disease,"  tells  how  to  have  and  keep  fowls  healthy. 
Chapter  10,  "Common  Poultry  Diseases  and  Their  Treat- 
ment," is  a  brief  treatise  on  poultry  diseases,  insects 
affecting  poultry,  and  the  worm  parasites,  giving  simple 
and  effective  remedies  for  these  ailments. 

This  book  is  fully  illustrated  with  halftones  and  pen 
drawings;  128  pages,  size  7^^  x  loj^  inches;  durable, 
attractive,  linen-finish  cover,  printed  in  two  colors. 
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Book  No.  3 — "  Profitable  Poultry  Houses  and 
Appliances  " 

This  is  a  practical 
handbook,  devoted  to 
the  description  of  many 
styles  of  practical 
poultry  buildings,  and 
numerous  handy,  labor- 
saving,  time-saving 
appliances  and  fixtures. 
It  contains  plans  for  60 
poultry  buildings,  in- 
cluding single  poultry 
houses,  colony  houses,  closed  houses,  open-front  scratch- 
ing-shed  houses,  scratching-room  houses,  brooder-houses, 
incubator  houses  or  cellars,  laying  houses  for  ducks, 
etc.,  with  full  plans  and  specifications.  The  introduction 
treats  on  "Locating  the  Poultry  House,"  "Selecting 
Materials  to  be  Used  in  the  Poultry  House"  and 
practical  hints  on  building.  The  pages  following  con- 
tain nine  chapters,  namely:  Chapter  i,  "Scratching- 
Shed  Houses,"  containing  plans  and  specifications  of  a 
number  of  the  most  up-to-date  buildings  of  this  type. 
Chapter  2,  "Scratching- Room  or  Combination  Poultry 
Houses,"  giving  plans  for  five  different  styles  of  houses  of 
this  kind.  Chapter  3,  "Closed  and  Continuous  Poultry 
Houses,"  including  a  house  for  laying  hens,  a  house  for 
Asiatics,  a  plaster  poultry  house  and  other  good  buildings. 
Chapter  4,  "Curtain-Front  Poultry  Houses."  Chapter  5, 
"Miscellaneous  Poultry  Buildings,"  including  modern 
houses  in  sufficient  variety  to  meet  all  conditions,  with 
suitable  buildings  for  hot  and  cold  climates.  Chapter  6, 
"Colony  Houses."  Chapter  7,  "Duck  Houses,"  with  com- 
plete plan  for  a  modern  duck  plant.  Chapter  8,  "Incubator 
and  Brooder  Houses,"  including  brooder  houses  with 
the  pipe  system,  a  house  for  sectional  brooders  and  a 
house  for  individual  brooders,  with  a  special  article  on 
brooder-house  heaters,  and  specifications  for  heaters  and 
piping  for  pipe  brooding  systems.  Chapter  9,  entitled 
"Poultry-Plant  Appliances, "  tells  about  many  labor-saving 
appliances,  practical  chicken  coops,  shelters,  roosting  coops, 
brood  coops,  trap  nests,  poultry  fencing,  fattening  crates, 
a  box- trap  cat  catcher,  etc. 

This  book  is  fully  illustrated  with  numerous  halftones 
and  special  pen  drawings;  128  pages,  size  7^^  x  lol^  inches; 
durable,  attractive,  linen-finish  cover,  printed  in  two  colors. 
Price,  postpaid  to  any  address,  50  cents. 

Book  No.  4—"  Profitable  Egg  Farming  " 

A  most  valuable  and  helpful  book,  devoted  exclu- 
sively, as  its  title  indicates,  to  this  highly  important 
branch  of  profitable  poultry  keeping,  all  parts  of  the  sub- 
ject being  exhaustively  treated.  Its  introduction  gives 
"The  Use  of  Eggs,"   "The  Place  of  Eggs  in   the  Diet." 


"Description  and  Composition 
of  Eggs"  and  a  discussion  of 
the  physiology  of  the  egg. 
Additional  to  this  there  are 
nine  chapters,  as  follows: 
Chapter  i,  "The  Natural 
Habits  of  the  Hen  and  What 
Domestication  has  Done; 
Including  the  Early  History  of  Domestic  Fowls  Their 
Origin  and  Gradual  Development  Some  of  the  Results 
already  attained  and  the  Probabilities  of  the  Future." 
Chapter  2,  "Thorough-bred  or  Bred  to  a  Purpose;  The 
Leading  Practical  Breeds,"  in  which  the  best  breeds  for 
egg  production  are  described  and  illustrated.  Chapter 
3,  "Pedigree  Breeding  for  Egg  Production;  Building  Up 
and  Maintaining  an  Egg  Laying  Strain;  Practical  Uses  of 
Trap  Nests."  Chapter  4,  "Pullets  for  Layers,  Year-Old 
Hens  for  Breeders;  Winter  Eggs  Pay  the  Best  Profit." 
Chapter  5,  "Practical  Egg  Farms;  Houses  and  Yards; 
Continuous  Houses  with  Yards;  Colony  Poultry  Houses." 
Many  successful  poultry  plants  are  illustrated  and  de- 
scribed. Chapter  6,  "Foods  and  Feeding;  Best  Rations 
for  Egg  Production;  Some  Tested  Egg  Rations."  Chapter 
7,  "Collection  and  Care  of  Eggs;  Catering  to  the  Market; 
Guaranteed  Strictly  Fresh  Eggs."  Chapter  8,  "Combi- 
nation Egg-Farming;  Combining  Eggs  and  Poultry;  Eggs 
and  Fruit  Growing;  Eggs  and  Bee  Keeping;  Profitable 
Combination  Crops."  Chapter  9,  "Selling  Stock  for 
Breeding  Puriioses  and  Eggs  for  Hatching;  When  and 
How  to  Advertise;  Poultry  Farm  Bookkeeping." 

Fully  illustrated  with  halftones  and  pen  drawings; 
128  pages,  size  7%  x  10}^  inches;  durable,  ■  attractive, 
linen-finish  cover.  Price,  postpaid  to  any  address,  50  cents. 

Book  No.  5 — "  Profitable  Market  Poultry" 

This  book  aims  to  tell  all  about  this  important  branch 
of  poultry  work,  including  the  production  of  squab-broilers, 
broilers,  roasters,  turkeys,  ducks  and  geese  for'  market. 
The  introduction  contains  important  suggestions  for  better- 
ing the  quality  of  market  poultry.  There  are  1 1  chapters, 
as  follows:  Chapter  i,  "Market  Poultry;  Leading  Vari- 
eties." Chapter  2,  "Locating  the  Market  Plant  and 
Location  of  Buildings."  Chapter  3,  "Profitable  Broiler 
Raising."  Chapter  4,  "Winter  Chickens  or  Roasters," 
including  the  production  of  expertly-produced  "South 
Shore"  chickens,  which  are  in  great  demand  in  the  Boston 
market.  Chapter  5,  "Poultry  Fattening,"  containing  a 
detailed  description  of  the  methods  employed,  with  direc- 
tions for  feeding.     Crate  fattening  as  practiced  in  Canada 


instructions  are  given  for  the 
Chapter    6,     "Killing, 


is  described  at  length 
use  of  the  crammii 
Dressing  and  Mar- 
keting," with  com- 
plete instructions  on 
this  important  part 
of  the  work,  including 
"Best  Methods  of 
Dry  Picking  and 
Packing  Poultry  for 
Shipment."  Chapter 
7,   "Combination 

Poultry      Farming,"  '^°°^^  '^°^-  ^  =""^  «■ 

including  "Poultry  and  Eggs";  "Poultry  and  Fruit"; 
"Poultry  and  Bees."  Chapter  8,  "Money  in  Ducks."  Tells 
all  about  growing  ducks  for  market,  with  instructions  for 
laying  out  and  building  a  modern  duck  plant.  Chapter  9, 
"Geese  for  Profit;"  "Best  Breeds  for  Business;"  "How 
Quality  Counts;"  "When  and  What  to  Buy."  Chapter  10, 
"Profitable  Turkey  Raising."  Chapter  11,  "Guinea 
Fowls  for  Profit." 

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Book  No.  6—"  Capons  for  Profit,"  by  T.  Greiner 

This  book  is  a  revised  edition  of  "Capons  for  Profit," 
being  rewritten  and"  brougfit  down  to  date  especially  for 
this  series.  It  is  essentially  a  book  for  the  beginner,  and 
though  from  the  pen  of  an  expert  in  the  art  of  caponizing 
it  is  treated  from  a  beginner's  standpoint.  "Capons  for 
Profit"  is,  we  believe,  the  only  text-book  on  capons  and 
caponizing  which  treats  the  whole  subject  so  that  this 
profitable  field  of  poultry  work  becomes  as  plain  and  easy 
to  learn  as  the  alphabet.  This  book  contains  12  chapters, 
as  follows:  Chapter  i,  "What  a  Capon  is  and  What  He 
is  Good  For."  Chapter  2,  "Something  About  the  Capon 
Maker;  The  Man  in  the  Case;  Who  is  Fit  to  Operate  and 
Who  is  Not."  Chapters,  "The  Victims  and  the  Tables — 
Best  Birds  and  Best  Breeds  for  the  Beginner;  Simple 
Operating  Tables."  Chapter  4,  "Tools  and  Other  Requi- 
sites; What  Implements  are  Best  Suited  for  the  Beginner," 
with  complete  illustrations  of  the  caponizing  instruments 
recommended.  Chapter  5,  "The  Operation— When  and 
How  Best  to  Perform  It,"  with  illustrations  showing  the 
bird  ready  for  operation  and  diagram  showing  where  to 
cut  and  how  to  hold  the  knife.  Chapter  6,  "The  After 
Treatment;  How  to  Hasten  the  Healing  Process."  Chapter 
7,  "Feeding  for  market — How  to  Obtain  the  Best  Results 
at  Least  Cost."  Chapter  8,  "How  to  Kill,  Dress  and  Pack 
Capons."  Chapter  9,  "Some  Odds  and  Ends;  Hatching 
and  Hatchers;  Brooding 
and  Brooders,"  with  an 
article  on  "Artificial  Incu- 
bating, and  Brooding,"  by 
the  Editor.  Chapter  10, 
"Diseases  and  Insects 
Affecting  Capons;  Preven- 
tion Preferable  to  Cure." 
Chapter  11,  "There  is 
Profit  in  Capons — Im- 
proved Quality  in  Demand ; 
Some  of  the  Advantages  of 
Caponizing."  Chapter  12, 
"More  about  Capons  and 
Caponizing  Tools." 


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Book  No.  7 — "Poultry-Plant  Construction" 

This  book  contains  full-page  drawings  in  detail  of  prac- 
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date  poultry  plant,  together  with  specifications  in  detail, 
and  so  far  as  possible  an  estimate  of  cost  based  on  average 
prices  of  material.  Among  these  plans  will  be  found  incuba- 
tor houses,  brooder  houses  for  chicks  or  ducklings,  scratch- 
shed  laying  houses,  closed  laying  houses,  colony  houses,  etc., 
etc.;  also  for  piping  of  brooder  houses,  hovers  of  chicks, 
electric  regulator.  The  plans  are  so  clear  that  they 
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beginning  to  end.  The  profitable  feeding  of  newly-hatched 
chicks,    growing    chicks,    broilers,  _ 

roasters,  ducks,  geese,  etc.,  etc , 
is  taken  up  separately,  givmg 
the  reader  the  benefit  of  years 
of  experience  of  the  authors  as 
well  as  that  of  some  of  the  most 
successful  poultrymen  in  the 
country — experts  in  the  business 
It  treats  upon  the  subject  of 
balanced  rations,  and  instructs  the 
poultryman  how  to  feed  success 
fully  for  egg  production,  market 
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CHAPTER  V 

SELECTION  AND  CARE  OF  EGGS  FOR  SUCCESSFUL 
HATCHING 

Time  And  Money  Wasted  If  Poor  Eggs  Are  Incubated.  Thin-Shelled  And 
Misshapen  Eggs  Should  Be  Rejected.  Safe  Temperatures  In  Which  To  Keep 
Hatching  Eggs.  Prevent  Excessive  Evaporation.  Do  Not  Hold  The  Eggs  Too  Long 


{Copyright  January,  1912,  by  Cyphe 

WHEN  the  farmer's  wife  prepares  to  set  a 
broody  hen,  giving  her  thirteen  to  fifteen 
eggs,  she  selects  the  eggs  with  care,  picking 
out  good  sized,  shapely  fresh  eggs— every  one  of  them 
— because  she  has  plenty  of  eggs,  as  a  rule,  from  which 
to  select  so  small  a  number  and  she  is  anxious  to  have 
the  hen   hatch   practically  all  of  them. 

In  starting  an  in- 
cubator the  conditions 
often  are  quite  differ- 
ent. The  operator 
either  buys  his  eggs  or 
waits  until  his  limited 
flock  lays  them.  Too 
many    sellers    of   eggs 


EGG  CABINET. 
Fi  ve-Hundred-and  -  Sixty  -  Egg 
Capacity  Revolving  Egg  Cabinet, 
for  safe  keeping  of  Hatching  Eggs. 
Can  be  turned  half-way  over  in  a 
Moment  of  Time. 


are  ov 

fill  orders  and  there- 
fore ship  eggs  that  are 
not  suitable  for  hatch- 
ing purposes.  On  the 
other  hand,  the  poul- 
tryman  who  is  waiting 
for  his  own  hens  to  fill 
the  incubator  is  liable 
to  value  his  eggs  highly 
and  so  he  puts  into 
the  machine  a  number  of  the  first  eggs  laid  by  imma- 
ture pullets,  also  misshapen  eggs,  some  with  ridges  on 
them,  others  too  large  or  too  small;  also  eggs  that 
have  thin  or  mottled  shells — eggs  that  either  will  not 
hatch  at  all,  or  will  produce  small,  weakly  chicks  or 
cripples. 

The  condition  of  the  breeding  stock  that  produces 
the  eggs  is  of  the  highest  importance,  but  it  is  none 
the  less  important  that  normal-size,  normal-shape, 
normal-shell  eggs  be  selected,  if  the  broody  hen  or 
an  incubator  is  to  bring  off  a  large  hatch  of  proper 
sized,  healthy,  vigorous  chicks — the  kind  "with  the 
kick  in  them." 

If  you  value  your  time  and  wish  to  make  all  the 
money   you   can   out   of  your   poultry  work,  do  not 


■s  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.   Y.) 

"set"  thin  or  rough-shelled  eggS,  nor  under-sized  eggs 
such  as  are  laid  by  immature  pullets,  nor  misshapen 
eggs,  those  that  are  big  at  both  ends  or  that  have 
ridges  around  them,  nor  extra  large  eggs.  On  the 
contrary,  take  pains  to  select  those  that  are  of  the 
correct  "egg  shape"  (see  illustrations  herewith)  and  that 
have  smooth,  strong  shells  of  a  clear,  "healthy"  color. 

Thin-shelled  eggs  are  extra  porous  and  allow  the 
contents  to  evaporate  too  rapidly.  The  same  is  true 
of  mottled  or  water-spot  eggs,  so-called.  Nature 
must  use  the  contents  of  the  egg  as  the  material  from 
which  to  produce  the  living  chick  and  if  this  supply 
of  material  is  cut  down  too  much  by  excessive  evapo- 
ration the  chick  cannot  attain  full  development  or, 
if  it  does,  it  will  be  too  small  or  too  weak  to  liberate 
itself  from  the  shell — and  then  we  have  complaints 
of  "chicks  dead  in  the  shell." 

As  a  rule,  thin-shelled,  water-spot  and  soft- 
shelled  eggs  result  from  a  lack  of  sufficient  egg-shell 
substance — from  a  lack  of  lime  in  such  form  that  the 
fowls  can  use  it.  To  prevent  this  waste  it  is  necessary 
to  provide  plenty  of  shell-forming  material.  Crushed 
oyster  or  clam  shells  are  unexcelled  and  are  low  in 
price.  Crushed  lime  stone,  especially  the  flinty  kind, 
will  answer  the  purpose  fairly  well;  so  will  old  plaster, 
coal  ashes,  etc.,  but  crushed  oyster  shell  is  strongly 
recommended. 

Hens  that  are  too  fat — that  are  over-fed  and  do 
not  exercise  enough — such  hens  will  lay  soft-shelled 
and  thin-shelled  eggs,  especially  as  the  hens  increase 
in  age.  Pullets  do  not  offend  in  this  manner  nearly 
as  often  as  do  the  older,  less  active  birds.  Fowls  on 
free  range  do  not  lay  as  many  soft  and  thin-shelled 
eggs  as  do  birds  that  are  confined  in  limited  quarters. 
This  calls  for  the  use  of  intelligence  and  extra  precau- 
■tion  where  birds  are  confined  in  houses  or  yards  during 
the  hatching  season. 

With  some  hens  the  production  of  soft-shelled, 
thin-shelled,  or  misshapen  eggs  is  an  organic  trouble. 
Sometimes  there  is  no  cure  for  it.  These  birds  should 
be  removed  from  the  breeding  pen  and  used  as  table 


eproductions  on  opposite  page  for  illustrations  of  what  isj 


SELECTION  AND  CARE  OF  EGGS  FOR  SUCCESSFUL  HATCHING 


poultry.  Pullets  may  lay  soft-shelled  or  thin-shelled  eggs 
for  a  few  days  or  for  a  week  or  two  and  then  will  stop  the 
practice  if  they  can  get  enough  shell-forming  material. 

In  winter  time,  gather  the  eggs  four  times  daily 
to  prevent  freezing  or  chilling.  During  the  spring 
months  gather  the  eggs  twice  a  day.  Collect  them  in 
a  basket  or  bucket,  using  some  soft  material  in  the 
bottom  to  prevent  breakage.  Mark  each  egg  with 
number  of  pen  and  date  laid.  If  from  trap-nested 
stock,  also  mark  with  leg  band  number  of  hen  that 
laid  each  egg. 

To  keep  hatching  eggs  in  safety,  use  a  revolving 
egg  cabinet  (see  page  162),  which  will  enable  you  to 
turn  them  daily  or  every  other  day  in  a  moment's 
time,  without  danger  of  breakage,  or  put  them  in 
shallow  trays  or  drawers,  covering  the  bottoms  with 
some  soft  material  and  turn  them  by  hand,  rolling 
them  half  way  over  at  each  turning.  They  can  also 
be  packed  small  end  down  in  bran  or  oats  placed  in 
boxes,  the  cover  of  each  box  to  be  nailed  on  when  box 
is  full  and  then  the  entire  lot  can  be  turned  quickly  and 
with  certainty  by  simply  turning  the  box  half- way  over. 

It  is  a  common  practice  to  keep  hatching  eggs  in 
open  baskets  and  turn  them  two  or  three  at  a  time  by 
hand.  It  does  not  hurt  hatching  eggs  to  rest  on  the 
side,  if  they  are  turned  regularly — half-way  over  at 
each  turning.  If  the  eggs  are  marked  as  to  kind, 
band  number,  date  laid,  etc.,  these  marks  will  assist 
in  keeping  track  of  how  far  over  to  turn  the  eggs  each 
time.     For  example,  have  the  marks  all  up  or  all  down. 

The  temperature  of  the  room  in  which  hatching 
eggs  are  kept  may  range  with  safety  from  forty  to 
seventy-five  degrees.  Do  not  trust  eggs  in  a  room 
where  the  temperature  goes  below  forty  degrees. 
That  would  be  getting  too  near  the  freezing  point. 
Looking  in  the  other  direction,  a  temperature  of 
eighty-five  to  ninety  degrees  will  cause  the  germ  in 
the  egg  to  enlarge,  resulting  in  an  addled  or  rotten 
egg,  if  it  is  allowed  to  remain  in  such  a  temperature 
several  hours  and  then  is  kept  some  days  longer  before 
it  is  placed  under  a  hen  or  in  an  incubator. 

If  hatching  eggs  are  to  be  "set"  within  ten  days 
to  two  weeks  after  they  are  laid,  it  is  not  necessary 
in  the  average  climate  to  do  anything  to  prevent 
normal  evaporation  through  the  porous  shells,  in  case 
the  shell  itself  is  normal,  i,  e.,  not  extra  thin  or  mottled 
with  water-spots.  In  arid  districts  and  at  high  alti- 
tudes it  is  advisable  to  keep  the  eggs  in  moist  places, 
like  a  basement  or  cellar,  where  the  air  is  pure,  or  to 


READY  FOR  EGG  CABINET. 
Tray  of  Eggs  Ready  to  be  placed  in  Revolving  Egg  Cabinet. 
Eggs  held  securely  in  place  by  steel  wire  clips. 

cover  them  with  moist  cloths  or  enfold  them  in  a  damp 
blanket.  The  material  on  the  inside  of  the  egg — 
mostly  water — must  be  preserved  so  that  Nature 
can  build  out  of  it  a  large,  strong,  healthy  chick,  other- 
wise all  efforts  at  good  hatching  will  meet  with  partial 
or  total  failure. 

If  the  eggs  are  to  be  kept  longer  than  two  weeks, 
in  the  ordinary  climate,  it  will  be  well  to  pack  them  in 
oats,  which  will  conserve  their  moisture  or  water 
contents.  Eggs  can  be  kept  four  to  six  weeks  and 
will  hatch  quite  well,  provided  they  are  protected 
from  cold,  heat  and  excessive  evaporation,  but  it  is 
better  to  set  them  while  they  are  comparatively  fresh. 
The  new-laid  egg  has  an  air-space  in  the  large  end 
that  is  only  about  one-fourth  of  an  inch  in  diameter. 
This  air-space  increases  in  size  daily,  as  evaporation 
takes  place,  thus  steadily  reducing  the  quantity  of 
chick-forming  material  at  Nature's  disposal  within 
the  egg  shell.  Furthermore,  if  the  egg  is  not  incubated, 
the  life-germ  in  it  gradually  weakens  and  finally  dies. 

Keep  hatching  eggs  in  pure  air,  away  from  rank, 
foul  odors  or  poisonous  gases  and  also  keep  them  out 
of  strong  drafts.  Foul  odors  and  poisonous  gases 
readily  penetrate  the  porous  egg  shells  and  drafts 
are  certain  to  increase   the  rate  of  evaporation. 

Wash  all  soiled  eggs.  To  do  this  place  them  in 
a  bucket  or  other  vessel,  pour  warm  water  on  them 
— not  hot — and  wash  with  hands,  cloth  or  brush. 
Wipe  with  cloth  or  place  them  in  racks  or  drawers 
and  allow  them  to  dry  without  wiping.  Use  nothing 
in  the  water.  Keep  eggs  away  from  grease  or  oil  of 
any  kind.  There  is  no  harm  in  handling  eggs  with 
clean  hands,  but  do  not  allow  anything  to  happen 
that  may  stop  up  the  pores  of  the  shells. 


SAMPLES  OF  MI 
Types  of  Abnormal-Sized  and  Misshapen  Hen  Eggs  that  should  no 

too  large  or  too  small,  or  are  lacking  in  True  Egg  Shape 


INSTRUCTORS  IN  POULTRY  CULTURE  AT  LEADING  AMERICAN  AND  CANADIAN  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGES  AND 
EXPERIMENT  STATIONS. 
1 — Wm.  P.  Brooks,  Hatch  Experiment  Station,  Amherst,  Mass.  2 — T.  E.  Quisenberry,  Missouri  State  Poultry  Experiment  Station, 
Moui^tam  Grove,  Mo.  3— F.  S.  Jacoby,  Kansas  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Manhattan,  Kansas,  4— W.  R.  Graham,  Ontario 
Agricultural  College,  Guelph,  Ont.  5— James  E.  Rice,  New  York  State  Agricultural  College,  Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
6— Horace  Atwood,  West  Virginia  Experiment  Station,  Morgantown,  W.  Va.  7— Jas.  G.  Halpin,  Agricultural  Experiment  Station, 
Madison,  Wis.  8— H.  C.  Pierce,  Iowa  State  College,  Ames,  Iowa.  9— A.  G.  Gilbert,  Central  Experimental  Farm,  Ottawa,  Ont.,  Can. 
10— W.  E.  Vaplon,  Colorado  State  Agricultural  College,  Fort  Collins,  Colo.  11— F.  H.  Stoneburn,  Connecticut  Agricultural  Col- 
lege, Storrs,  Conn.  12— H.  L.  Kempster,  Missouri  Agricultural  College,  Columbia,  Mo.  13— F.  B.  Linfield,  Montana  Experiment 
Station,  Bozeman,  Mont.  14— A.  W.  Foley,  Department  of  Agriculture.  Edmonton,  Can.  IS— Wm.  A.  Lippincott,  Iowa  State  College, 
Ames,  Iowa.  16— Roy  H.  Waite.  Maryland  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  College  Park,  Md.  17— J.  S.  Jeffrey,  Agricultural 
Experiment  Station,  West  Raleigh,  N.  C.  18— Wm.  F.  Kirkpatrick,  Mississippi  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Agricultural  College, 
Miss.     19— D.  J.  Lambert,  Rhode  Island  Agricultural  College.  Kingston,  R.  I. 


GOVERNMENT  POULTRY  WORi 


SOME  IDEA  OF  WHAT  THE  UNITED  STATES 
AND  CANADIAN  GOVERNMENTS  (GENERAL, 
STATE  AND  PROVINCIAL)  ARE  NOW  DOING  IN 
BEHALF  OF  POULTRY  RAISING  FOR  PROFIT 


THE  United  States  Government  is  conducting  an  Experiment   Poultry  Plant  at  Washington,  D.  C.     This 
plant  is  not  large,  but  it  has  now  been  in  operation  about  five  years  and  had  been  increased  each  season. 
Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders  are  in  use  on  the  U.  S.  Government  Poultry  Plant — and  have  been  for 
four  years.     We  first  sold  the  Department  of  Agriculture  one  Incubator  and  one  Brooder  for  the  Poultry  Depart- 
ment; then  a  year  or  two  later  we  were  favored  with  a  second  order.     The  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture  does 
not  furnish  reports  for  publication. 

More  than  twenty  States  of  the  Union  are  now  conducting  poultry  work  on  e.xperimental  lines,  and  a  majority 
of  this  number  now  teach  regular  courses  in  poultry  husbandry,  several  of  them  giving  two  annual  courses,  a 
short  three-weeks'  demonstration  course  and  a  twelve-weeks'  text  book  and  demonstration  course. 

In  the  Eastern  States,  New  York,  Rhode  Island  and  Connecticut  have  taken  the  lead  in  this  work,  with 
Maine,  Massachusetts,  West  Virginia,  North  Carolina  and  Maryland  well  to  the  front,  while  in  the  West,  Mis- 
souri has  taken  the  premier  position,  with  Utah,  Oregon,  Montana,  Minnesota,  Michigan,  Indiana,  Iowa,  Illinois, 
Kansas,  Colorado,  California  and  several  other  States  making  good  progress. 

One  of  the  last  official  acts  of  Charles  E.  Hughes  as  Governor  of  New  York  State  (now  a  member  of  the  United 
States  Supreme  Court)  was  to  sign  a  bill  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  appropriating  the  sum  of  $90,000.00 
to  be  used  in  the  erection  of  a  Poultry  Instruction  Building  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  as  part  of  the  State  College  of  Agri- 
culture. The  Trustees  of  the  College  had  previously  set  aside  fifty  acres  of  choice  land  for  this  building  and  the 
poultry  parks. 

Within  the  last  year — during  1911 — a  dozen  or  more  states  have  made  new  or  enlarged  appropriations  of 
public  funds  for  the  further  development  of  the  poultry  industry.  Notable  among  the  number — in  addition  to 
the  $90,000.00  appropriated  by  the  State  of  New  York — is  an  appropriation  of  $31,200  made  by  the  Missouri 
Legislature.  With  part  of  this  money  a  tract  of  choice  land  has  been  purchased  at  Mountain  Grove  and  here 
the  Missouri  State  Poultry  Experiment  Station  has  been  established.  Buildings  have  been  erected  and  at  present 
(January  1,  1912)  a  National  Egg  Laying  Competition  is  being  held  under  the  personal  supervision  of  T.  E.  Quisen- 
berry.  Secretary  of  the  Missouri  State  Poultry  Board  and  Director  of  the  Poultry  Experiment  Station. 

Another  example  of  progress  in  this  line  is  represented  by  an  appropriation  of  $15,000  made  by  the  Legis- 
lature of  New  Jersey.  The  same  bill  that  appropriated  this  money,  established  a  Poultry  Experiment  Station 
and  regular  poultry  course  at  New  Brunswick,  as  part  of  the  New  Jersey  College  of  Agriculture.  The  Legislature 
of  Minnesota  at  its  last  session  appropriated  $10,000  for  poultry  investigation  and  the  Legislature  of  Ohio  appro- 
priated $7,500  for  the  same  line  of  work.  Regular  poultry  courses  are  now  conducted  in  connection  with  the 
Minnesota  and  Ohio  Agricultural  Colleges. 

Indiana  has  established  a  poultry  department  in  connection  with  Purdue  University  at  Lafayette.  Illinois 
is  conducting  a  regular  annual  poultry  course  as  part  of  the  State  University  work  at  Champaign,  and  in  the  fall 
of  1911  the  Legislature  of  Texas  made  the  first  appropriation  in  the  history  of  the  State  in  behalf  of  poultry  culture. 
A  new  and  important  step  in  the  line  of  public  instruction  has  been  taken  lately  by  the  state  educational 
boards  of  Arkansas,  Colorado,  Oklahoma  and  Louisiana,  with  the  object  of  teaching  poultry  culture  in  the  public 
schools.  This  movement  is  well  organized  in  Arkansas,  where  the  state  superintendent  of  education  is  the  presi- 
dent of  the  public  school  poultry  club.  Poultry  Culture  is  also  being  taught  in  some  of  the  district  schools  of  Missouri. 
Some  idea  of  what  the  poultry  industry  now  amounts  to  in  leading  states  of  the  Union  may  be  had  by  reading 
the  following  quotations  from  a  letter  written  to  the  President  of  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  by  T.  E.  Quisen- 
berry.  Secretary  of  the  State  Poultry  Board  of  Missouri: — • 

"Statistics  just  issued  by  our  State  Labor  Bureau  show  that  nearly  $46,000,000  worth  of  poultry  products 

were  marketed  in  this  State  last  year.     The  eggs  were  figured  at  fifteen  cents  a  dozen  and  the  poultry  at  ten  cents 

a  pound.     The  live  and  dressed  poultry  amounted  to  about  $23,000,000,  the  eggs  something  over  $22,000,000. 

"These  figures  are  not  guess  work,  but  are  compiled  each  year  by  the  State  at  large  cost,  the  same  Bureau 

furnishing  the  figures  for  all  other  products  as  well  as  poultry. 

"Our  surplus  of  poultry  products  now  amount  to  about  three  times  that  of  the  dairy,  eleven  times  that  of 
fruit,  and  exceeds  either  our  surplus  of  com  or  wheat,  and  amounts  to  five  or  six  milUon  dollars  more  than  our 
combined  surplus  of  farm  crops. 

"Missouri  is  a  great  mining  State,  and  we  have  some  of  the  largest  lead  and  zinc  mines  in  the  world,  yet  our 
surplus  poultry  products  for  the  last  fiscal  year  amounted  to  ten  million  dollars  more  than  our  surplus  from  the 
mines  and  quarries." 

THE  DOMINION  OF  CANADA  for  years  past  has  appropriated  public  money  to  aid  the  development  of  the 
poultry  industry,  and  a  number  of  the  Provinces  now  have  important  poultry  plants  in  connection  with  their 
Agricultural  Colleges  and  Experiment  Stations.  We  should  judge  that  Canada  is  keeping  fully  abreast  of  the 
times,  as  compared  with  the  Mother  Country,  also  with  the  United  States.  At  Guelph,  Ontario,  is  held  each  winter 
one  of  the  largest  and  best  Standard-bred  and  utility  poultry  shows  conducted  either  in  the  new  or  old  world. 

For  a- correct  idea  of  the  intelligence  and  character  of  the  men  who,  as  professors  of  Poultry  Husbandry  at 
American  and  Canadian  Agricultural  Colleges  and  as  poultry  managers  at  State  and  Provincial  Experimfent 
Stations,  are  now  devoting    their    lives  to  Poultry  Cultiire,  see  group  of  recent  photographs  on  opposite  page. 

183 


J.  E.  RICE,  Professor  of  Poultry  Husbandry 
C.  A.  ROGERS,  Assistant  Professor  in  Poultry  Husbandry 
R.  C.  LAWRY,  Assistant  in  Poultry  Husbandry 
CLARA  NIXON,  Assistant  in  Poultry  Husbandry 


W.  G.  KRUM,  Superintendent  of  the  Poultry  Plant 
H.  SCHULL,  Assistant  in  Poultry  Husbandry 
H.  BACHELLER.  Assistant  in  Poultry  Husbandry 
W.  S.  LYON,  Assistant  in  Poultry  Husbandry 


Newr  York  State  College  of  Agriculture 

AT  CORNELL  UNIVERSITY 

ITHACA,  N.  Y. 

L.  H.  BAILEY,  Director 

DEPARTMENT  OF  POULTRY  HUSBANDRY 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  October  9,  1909. 

The  Cyphers  Incubators  continue  to  stand  high  in  our  estimation  and  in  the  estimation  of  our 
students,  who  have  a  good  opportunity  to  compare  a  large  number  of  machines  of  widely 
different  types.     This  opinion  is  based  upon  a  comparison  of 
results  in   hatching,   covering  several  years,   rather  than   upon 
theories  on  Incubator  construction  and  management. 

Respectfully  yours, 


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Photographic  Views  of  Poultry  Instruction  Work.  Cornell  University  Experiment  Station. 


W.  J.  KENNEDY,  Professor  and  Vice-Director  of  Experiment  Stati( 

WAYNE  DINSMORE,  Associate  Professor 

A.  LEITCH,  Assistant  Professor  and  Supt.  of  Dairy  Farm 

H.  H.  KILDEE,  Assistant  Animal  Husbandman 

H.  C.  PIERCE,  Assistant  Professor  in  Charge  of  Poultry- 

E.  N.  WENTWORTH,  Assistant  Professor 

W.  H.  PEW,  Assistant  Professor 


R.  K.  BLISS,  Extension  Lecturer 

L.  E.  TROEGER.  Extension  Lecturer 

H.  F.  LUICK,  Extension  Lecturer 

C.  R.  BUSH,  Extension  Lecturer 

W.  A.  LIPPINCOTT,  Student  Assistant 

R.  F.  MILLER,  Graduate  Assistant 


Iowa  State  College 


DIVISION  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  EXPERIMENT  STATION 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.   Y. —  Ames,  Iowa,  July  11,  1910. 

Regarding  the  Cyphers  Incubators  which  we  are  using  at  this  Station,  it  gives  me  pleasure  to  be 
able  to  state  that  they  have  given  us  satisfactory  results.  We  have  been  exceptionally  pleased  with 
the  evenness  of  temperature  and  ease  of  operation.  In  reply  to  letters  of  inquiry,  we  have  recommended 
the  Cyphers  Incubator  as  being  one  that  has  given  good  results  at  this  Station.  We  can  say  the 
same  of  your  Outdoor  Brooder  and  Adaptable  Hovers,  which  we  have  not  only  used  with  excellent 
success  but  they  have  given  exceptionally  good  results  when  handled  by  students,  some  of  whom 
have  probably  never  seen  Brooders  before. 

We  also  have  obtained  successful  hatches  from  the  Cyphers  Electrobator,  The  Electrohen, 
or  glass  globe  electric  Incubator,  also  manufactured  by  you,  has  been  a  great  aid  in  instruction  and 
incubation,  as  it  has  enabled  us  to  show  the  method  of  y 

hatching  the  chick  from  the  egg  better  than  ariy  way       yd 


before  devised. 


Yours  very  truly, 


Assistant  in  Charge  of  Poultry. 


G.  E.  ADAMS.  Chief  Agronomy  H.  BURDICK,  Dairying 

F.  S.  PUTNEY,  Animal  Husbandry  D.  J.  LAMBERT,  Poultry 

G.  R.  CROSS,  Horticulture  E.  A.  MALLETTE,  Florist 

Rhode  Island  State  College 

HOWARD  EDWARDS.  President 

AGRICULTURAL  DEPARTMENT 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company ,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Kingston,  R.  L,  December  IS,  19n. 

We  now  have  twenty-three  (23)  Cyphers  Incubators  for  instruction  and  student  practice. 
When  we  consider  that  these  machines  are  run  by  so  many  different  operators,  /  think  they  do 
remarkably  well.  The  record  shows  average  hatches  of  over  50  per  cent  of  all  eggs  put  into  the  incu- 
bators for  the  entire  year.  The  Short  Course  students  hatched  67  per  cent  of  all  fertile  eggs;  the  regulars 
(all  beginners)  32  per  cent,  while  my  assistant  got  70  per  cent.  . 

later  in  the  season.    Kindly  note  that  the  Short   Course  // 

students  did  their  hatching  in  January  when  eggs  are  not   <^<Cy-^ 
usually  well  fertilized.     One  of  our  students  hatched  91  chicks 
out  of  94  fertile  eggs.  Yours  truly,  C^  College  Poultry  Department 


Photographic  Views  of  Rhode  Island  Agricultural  College  Poultry  School. 


University  of  Maine 

COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE 

WILLIAM  A.  BROWN, 

Assistant  Professor  of  Poultry  Husbandry 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.—  Orono,  Maine,  August  23,  191 L 

We  have  used  your  Incubators  and  Poultry  Supplies  several  years  in  connection  with  our  poultry  work 
and  have  found  your  goods  generally  satisfactory.     Am  pleased 
to  state  that  your  company  has  treated  us  fairly  and  squarely 
in  business  matters.  Yours  truly. 


Kansas  State  Agricultural  College 

Agricultural  Experiment  Station 


H.  J.  WATERS,  President 
DEPARTMENT  OF  DAIRY  HUSBANDRY 
ED.  H.  WEBSTER,  In  charge  of  Dept. 
A.  B.  NYSTROM.  Assistant 
A.  MIYAWAKI,  Assistant 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 


ED.  H.  WEBSTER,  Dean  and  Director 

DIVISION  OF  POULTRY  HUSBANDRY 
F.  S.  JACOBY,  Assistant  and  in  Charge. 
T.  E.  SCHREINER,  Superintendent  of  Plant 

Manhattan,  Kas.,  October  12,  1910. 


In  reply  to  your  letter  of  the  7th  inst.,  I  would  like  to  state  that  the   Cyphers  Incubators  have 


always  given  satisfaction  here  at  the  College.  We  are  planning  to  i 
have  in  our  cellar  for  hatching  our  best  breeding  stock  next 
spring.  We  are  not  yet  in  a  position  to  give  the  students  instruc- 
tion in  running  Incubators,  but  when  the  College  furnishes  a  more 
adequate  building,  we  shall  install  several  more  of  your 
machines.     I  am.  Very  truly  yours. 


the  two  machines  which  we  i 


Hatch  Elxperiment  Station  and  Meissachusetts 
Agricultural  College 

WM.  P.  BROOKS,  Professor  of  Agriculture  and  Agriculturist 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  F.—  Amherst,  Mass.,  June  18,  1907. 

The  continued  use  of  Cyphers  Incubators  confirms  me  in  the  favorable  opinion  I  had  formed  con- 
cerning them.  We  find  that  your  Incubators  give  better  hatches  than  any  others  we  .have  ever 
tried.  We  secure  a  good  percentage  of  strong,  healthy  chicks  from  the  fertile  eggs.  One  point  in  par- 
ticular I  desire  to  call  attention  to:  Your  Incubator  is  simple  and  easy  to  operate.  Beginners  have 
repeatedly  secured  excellent  hatches  with  your  machines.  An  assistant  who  had  never  before 
run  an  Incubator  of  any  kind  hatched  138  good  chickens  in  one  of  your  220-egg  machines.  Three  machines 
of  this  size  have  been  used  this  year  by  students  in  the  College,  none  of  whom  ever  before  had  any  experi- 
ence in  running  an  Incubator.  These  students,  it  should  be  remembered,  were  doing  the  full  regular  work 
of    their    College    course    and    were    running    these    Incubators  ^~ 

as  laboratory  work.     Considering    the  circumstances,   I  regard         /^^^  /^-^  j/^^    -•.-•^ 

the  'results  obtained  by  the  students  as  very  satisfactory.  ^/z?*  f  r  ^  ■      fi'.^^'^  ■»'V«.a. 

Yours  sincerely, 


Poultry  Buildings,  Hatch  Experiment  Station. 


The  State  Agricultured  College 

Fort  Collins,  Colorado 

W.  E.  VAPLON,  Poultryman 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Fort  Collins,  December  18,  1911. 

My  experience  with  Cyphers  Incubators  has  been  rather  limited,  but  entirely  satisfactory.  We  used 
the  Cyphers  the  past  two  seasons  at  our  Experiment  Station  and  shall  continue  to  use  them  for  student 
practice.  The  materials  and  workmanship  of  the  Cyphers  are  certaiiajy  first  class.  I  know  enough  in 
favor  of  your  Incubators  to  .say  a  good  word  for  them.     They 

are  well  thought  of  in  this  section.     Another  season  we  shall    ^-^^     I  /      /^/? 
be  in  a  position  to  send  you  reports  of  the  machines,  telling  how       //;  O  .  W (Xyj ^f-'^^^O^l^^ —       ^ 


they  hatch  at  this  high  altitude  in  the  hands  of  our  students. 
Very  truly  yours, 


S.  S.  TWOMBLY,  Agrii 


ALFRED  G.  LUNN,  Poultryman 

California  Polytechnic  School 

A  SECONDARY  SCHOOL  OF  AGRICULTURE,  MECHANICS  AND 

DOMESTIC  SCIENCE 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.—  San  Luis  Obispo,  June  24,  1907. 

I  have  had  very  good  success  with  the  Cyphers  Incubators,  and  can  truthfully  say  that  they  have 
given  me  the  best  results  of  any  machine  I  have  ever  used.     We  now  have  four  Incubators  and  two 
Brooders  in  use  at  our  school.     We  expect  to  place  an  order  with  you  next  spring  for  more  Incubators. 
With  best  wishes,  we  remain,  Yours  very  truly, 

CALIFORNIA  POLYTECHNIC  SCHOOL, 

Alfred  G.  Lunn,  Poultryman. 


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WM.  SAUNDERS,  Director  A.  G.  GILBERT,  Poultry  Manager  VICTOR  FORTIER,  Ass't  Poultry  Manager 

Dominion  of  Canada.    Depeurtment  of  Agriculture 

CENTRAL  EXPERIMENTAL  FARM 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Ottawa,  Can.,  September  25,  1908. 

I  have  much  pleasure  in  assuring  you  that  our  experience  with  your  1906-pattern  Standard 
Cyphers  Incubator  has  been  most  satisfactory,  for  the  following  reasons:  (1)  Ease  of  operation; 
(2)  Accessibility  to  all  parts;  (3)  Regularity  with  which  the  correct  temperature  is  kept;  (4)  Convenient 
arrangement  of  thermometer,  trays,  drawers  for  chicks  to  fall  into  and  lamp.  These  features  are 
important,  particularly  to  the  amateur,  who  is  usually  timid  and  easily  disconcerted  in  his  first 
attempts. 

Perhaps  the  most  im- 
portant improvement 
is  the  admirable  sys- 
tem of  ventilation.  This 
all-important  feature  of 
an  Incubator  is  frequently 
lost  sight  of  in  many 
machines  on  the  market 
and  some  of  which  we 
have  tried.  I  can  say 
no  more  than  what  I  have 
said  before:  "Give  the 
Standard  Cyphers  In- 
cubator e  y  g  s  with 
germs  of  the  required 
strength,  and  it  will 
certainly — when  run  as 
per  directions  —  hatch 
out  every  chicken  worth 
attempting  to  rear." 
The  import  of  this  re- 
mark may  not  be  plain 
to  the  tyro  in  artificial 
hatching,  but  it  will  cer- 
tainly be  appreciated  by 
the  experienced  operator 
who  neither  desires  to 
have  nor  will  rear  weakling 
chicks. 


Yours  faithfully 


Ont£urio  Agricultured  College 

POULTRY  DEPARTMENT 
G.  C.  CREELMAN.  B.  S.  A..  M.  S.,  President  W.  R.  GRAHAM,  B.  S.  A.,  Manager  and  Lecturer 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Guelph,  Can.,  September  13,  1905. 

We  have  every  confidence  in  your  machines  and  always  feel  that  the  eggs  are  safe  when  in  the 

Cyphers.     It  is  a  pleasure  to  operate  an  Incubator  when  the  chicks  hatched  from  it  are  so  strong  and 

healthy.     We  have  used  the 


Cyphers  Incubators  for  six 
years,  during  which  time  the 
machines  have  worked  very 
satisfactorily.  The  regula- 
tion of  the  Cyphers  is  as 
good  as  one  could  ask  for. 

As  for  your  make  of 
Brooder,  will  say  that  we 
are  using  two  of  the  Style  A 
Outdoor  Brooders  and  have 
found  them  satisfactory  in 
every  way.  We  are  send- 
ing you,  under  separate  cover, 
a  photo  taken  of  one  of 
your    Brooders   just   after   a 

snowstorm.     We  were  somewhat  surprised  to  find  that  the  Brooder  maintained  its  temperature  to  a  nicety 

imder  such  severe  conditions.    Regarding  your  1906-pattern,  I  may  say  that  we  have  found  this  machine 

to  be   very  satisfactory   indeed.    I   think   this  new 

machine  is  a  great  improvement  upon  those  made  by 

you  in  former  years.  Yours  truly. 


West  Virginia  Agricultural  Ebcperiment  Station 

MORGANTOWN 
J.  H.  STEWART,  Director 


J.  H.  STEWART.  Agriculturist 
B.  H.  HITE.  Chemist 
W.  E.  RUMSEY,  Entomologist 
N.  J.  GIDDINGS.  Bacteriologist 
HORACE  ATWOOD,  Asst.  Agricultu 
FRANK  B.  KUNST,  Asst.  Chemist 


CHAS.  E.  WEAKLEY.  JR.,  Asst.  Chem.    D.  C.  NEAL,  Asst.  Bacteriologist 

A.  L.  DACY,  Asst.  Horticulturist  KRISTIAN  HV.  KNUDSEN.  Asst.  Chem. 

J.  H.  BERGHUIS,  KRAK,  Asst.  Chem.    HUBERT  HILL,  Asst.  Chemist 

T.  F.  IMBACH,  Asst.  Horticulturist  W.  J.  WHITE.  Auditor 

J.WILLIAMFIROR.Asst.Horticulturist  ALICE  ENGLE,  Secretary 

G.  A.  ROUSH,  Asst.  Chemist 


Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Morgantown,  December  12,  1911. 

We  have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  at  this  Station  for  the  last  ten  or  twelve  years,  or  practically 
from  the  time  when  they  were  first  placed  on  the  market;  in  fact,  we  now  have  one  of  the  machines  manu- 
factured at  Wayland,  N.  Y.,  and  although  it  has  been  so  long  that  I  have  forgotten  when  it  was  purchased, 
tfet  it  is  in  first-class  condition  and  the  joints  are  as  tight  as  on  the  day  it  was  purchased. 

In  most  of  my  experimental  work  during  several  years  I  have  used  the  Cyphers  Incubators  on  account 
of  the  uniformly  good  hatches  which  I  have  been  able  to  obtain  with  them.  They  are  easily  regulated, 
run  like  clock  work,  the  loss  of  moisture  from  the  eggs  approximates  very  closely  that  found  under  natu- 
ral conditions,  and  the  chicks  hatched  are  strong  and  vigorous. 

In  my  judgment,  many  people  make  a  serious  mistake  when  they  buy  a  cheap  Incubator.  For  exam- 
ple, a  cheap  wagon  will  be  fairly  satisfactory  for  a  time,  or  at  least  until  the  paint  wears  off  and  the  wheels 
get  rickety,  but  the  purchase  of  a  poor  Incubator  is  worse  than  a  dead  loss,  as  one  loses  the  eggs 
placed  in  it,  the  oil  used  for  heating,  the  time  spent  in  its  operation;  and  furthermore,  one  loses  the  oppor- 
tunity to  make  a  profit  from  the  chicks  which  should  have  been  hatched.  Even  if  some  chicks  are  hatched 
in  a  poor  machine  they  are  seldom  or  never  profitable,  for  if 
their  vigor  is  reduced  they  are  handicapped  from  the  very 
start.  The  most  important  step  for  a  beginner  in  artifici; ' 
incubation  is  the  purchase  of  the  best  machine  on  the  market. 

Sincerely  yours, 


-  It  ^^^^ 


Poultry  Buildings  i 


Department  of  Agriculture,  Alberta 

OFFICE  OF 

POULTRY  SUPERINTENDENT 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Edmonton,  Can.,  September  26,  1910. 

With  reference  to  your  Incubators,  I  may  say  that  /  used  them  for  a  number  of  years  in  connec- 
tion with  the  poultry  branch  of  the  Dominion  Government,  and  for  several  years  past  in  connection 
with  the  Alberta  Government  poultry  plant  and  at  the  short  course 
schools  conducted  by  this  Department. 

/  have  at  all  times  been  exceptionally  well  pleased  with 
their  icork,  and  in  my  own  experience,  at  least,   believe  the  y-  . 

Cyphers  Incubators  to  be  the  best  on  the  market.  /^^' 

Poultry  Superintendent. 


.J^'^^ai^ 


I  am,  sirs,  yours  very  truly. 


University  of  Minnesota 

NORTHWEST  EXPERIMENT  FARM 
E.  W.  RANDALL,  Director  WM.  ROBERTSON,  Superintendent 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Crookston,  Minn.,  November  14,  1910. 

Your  Incubators  are  giying  splendid  satisfaction  at  this  station.  In  fact,  every  chick  we  hatched 
last  year  was  hatched  in  your  incubators.  Next  year  we  hope  to  spend  several  thousand  dollars  in 
extending  our  poultry  plant.  Of  the  many  different  makes  of  incubators 
I  have  used,  yours  gives  the  least  trouble  to  operate.  So  far  as  ' 
can  see  your  thermostat  is  as  near  perfection  as  we  could  wish  for. 

Sincerely  yours. 


^ -C-f^SASriP^^xy, 


The  Connecticut  Agricultured  College 

STORRS  AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  FREDERIC  H.  STONEBURN 

Department  of  Poultry  Husbandry  STATION  Professor  of  Poultry  Husbandry 

Cypliers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Storrs,  Conn.,  December  9,  1911. 

My  first  Cyphers  Incubator  was  purchased  in  1899.  Since  that  time  I  have  used  a  large  number 
of  your  machines,  both  commercially  and  for  purposes  of  instruction  and  investigation,  and  it  is  a  pleasure 
for  me  to  state  that  I  have  found  them  uniformly  satisfactory.  Your  machine  is  to  be  commended 
for  its  durability  and  ease  of  operation. 

As  you  may  imagine,  we  put  Incubators  to  a  very  severe  test  here.  They  are  operated  by 
inexperienced  students  a  great  portion  of  the  time,  as  follows: 

During  the  Winter  term  by  the  Winter  Poultry  Course  students,  the  Spring  term  by  the  regular  Agri- 
cultural Course  men,  and  by  the  Summer  School  Poultry  Course  students  in  mid-summer.  Hatches 
under  these  conditions  are  usually  satisfactory,  which  speaks  volumes  for  the  efficiency  of  your 
machine.  Very  truly  yours,  FREDERIC  H.  STONEBURN. 

Professor  of  Poultry  Husbandry. 


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Photographic  Views  on  Storrg  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  Poultry  Farm. 


Mississippi  Agricultural  Elxperiment  Station 

Wm.  F.  Kirkpatrick,  Poultry  Husbandry  .  W.  J.  Branning,  Student  Assistant 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Agricultural  College,  Miss.,  October  17,  1911. 

We  are  not  at  this  time  in  a  position  to  make  an  intelligent  report  on  the  use  of  your  Inculjators  in 
Mississippi,  because  it  was  only  last  July  that  we  installed  four  of  your  machines  at  this  station,  but 
I  am  glad  to  say  that  in  another  state  I  found  them  thoroughly  satisfactory. 

As  to  the  Adaptable  Hover  manufactured  by  you,  our  brooder  house  is  equipped  with  this  device 
exclusively.  We  classify  it  among  the  most  sanitary  and  I  am  tempted  to  say  that  it  is  the  best  brooder 
we  have  ever  used.  Very  truly  yours,  WM.  F.  KIRKPATRICK. 


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Photographic  View  of  Some  of  the  Poultry  Houses  at  Maryland  Agricultural  Experiment  Station. 


OFFICERS  AND  STAFF : 
H.  J.  PATTERSON,  B.   S.,  Director  and  Chemist 
S.  S.  BUCKLEY,  D.  V.  S..  Pathologist 
J.  B.  S.  NORTON,  M.  S.,  Botanist 
THOS.  B.  SYMONS,  M.  S.,  Entomologist 
C.  P.  CLOSE,  M.  S.,  Horticulturist 
NICKOLAS  SCHMITZ.  M.  S.,  Agronomist 
GEO.  EDWARD  GAGE,  Ph.  D.,  Biologist 
CHAS.  O.  APPLEMAN,  Ph.  D.,  Physiologist 
E.  H.  BRINKLEY,  Farm  Superintendent 
T.  H.  WHITE,  Gardener 


A.  B.  GAHAN,  M.  S.,  Associate  Entomologist 

ROY  H.  WAITE,  B.  S.  Associate  Poultryman 

W.  R.  BALLARD,  B.  S.,  Assistant  Horticulturist 

A.  J.  NORMAN.  M.  S.,  Assistant  Botanist 

L.  B.  BROUGHTON,  B.  S..  Assistant  Chemist 

A.  L.  STABLER,  B.  S.,  Assistant  Animal  Husbandman 

E.  N.  CORY,  B.  S..  Assistant  Entomologist 

THOS.  R.  STANTON,  B.  S.  Assistant  Agronomist 

R.  S.  ALLEN,  Assistant  Dairyman 

L.  B.  KIMBLE,  Stenographer 

EDW.  J.  GARDNER,  Clerk 

Maryland  Agricultural  Experiment  Station 

College  Park,  Prince  George  Co.,  Md. 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.—  College  Park,  December  11,  1911. 

On  taking  charge  of  the  poultry  investigation  work  of  this  Station  I  find,  among  the  Incubator  equip- 
ment, two  Cyphers  Incubators.  These,  judging  from  what  I  have  been  able  to  learn  concerning  their 
action,  have  given  entire  satisfaction.  Previous  to  coming  here  I  have  used  a  number  of  your  Incuba- 
tors and  Brooders,  and  have  always  been  well  pleased  with 


the  results  obtained. 


Very  truly  yours, 


Associate  Poultryman. 


Photographic  View  of  Michigan  Agricultural  College  Poultry  Department. 


Michigan  Agricultural  College 

DEPAJITMENT  OF  POULTRY 

H.  L.  KEMPSTER 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.—  East  Lansing,  Mich.,  October  19,  1909. 

Our  experience  with  the  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders  has  been  such  that  I  feel  that  I  can 
safely  recommend  them  to  anyone  contemplating  the  pur-    ff\.j        /j  y  ^,^^ 

chase  of  an   Incubator   or   Brooder.     Wishing  you   continued    ^f  ,    J^  ^    />;  i    -^,x'L  jy^^lL  'fc*  »"* 
success,  I  am.  Yours  very  truly,  ' 


College  of  Agricultural  and  Agricultural  E^xperiment  Station 
of  The  University  of  Wisconsin 

CHARLES  R.  VAN  HISE.  President  of  the  University  JAMES  G.  HALPIN,  Poultry  Husbandry 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Madison,  Wis.,  September  16,  1910. 

Replying  to  your  favor  of  recent  date,  I  would  say  that  the  Cyphers  Incubator  Company's  goods 
have  been  satisfactory  with  us  in  every  way.    We  have  been 

able  to  hatch  a  large  percentage  of  the  eggs  entrusted  to  your       /O  ^  In        • 

machines   and  our   results   with   your   make   of  Brooder       ^■^^i^-v^w^.^j^  ^y^.  t//<»_-C;i^>~- 
have  been  very  satisfactory  indeed. 

Yours  truly, 


Photographic  Views  of  Poultry  Buildings,  Wisconsin  Agricultural  College. 


Agricultural  Experiment  Station  of  the  North  Carolina  College 
of  Agriculture  and  Mecheuiic  Arts 

J.  S.  JEFFREY,  Poultryman  C.  B.  WILLIAMS,  Director 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.—  West  Raleigh,  September  19,  1911. 

Replying  to  yours  of  the  13th,  I  would  say  that  I  do  not  know  just  how  long  your  Incubators  have 
been  in  use  here.  My  connection  to  this  institution  covers  nine  seasons,  and  when  I  came  here 
there  were  two  of  your  machines  here  that  had  evidently  been  used  two  or  three  seasons,  and  perhaps  longer. 

In  regard  to  what  we  think  of  your  machines,  I  believe  that 
the  best  we  can  say  for  them  is  that  we  are  using  nine  of  them 
and  not  more  than  one  of  any  other  make.  We  find  them 
especially  satisfactory  for  our  students  on  account  of  their  sim- 
plicity of  operation. 

Yours  truly. 


University  of  Tennessee 

AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION 

Knoxville,  Tenn.,  September  30,  1907. 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —                                                            ^»»  ^-- — . 

We  have  been  using  your  Incubators  two  seasons,  and  find  their           ^^fc*-^  ^^^<,-i^^ 

work   very  satisfactory.     The     regulator,    under   ordinary   conditions,      //  //^  ' 

holds  the  temperature  almost  constant.                             Yours  truly,                  C-^  (^ 


South  Carolina  Agricultural' Experiment  Station 

J.  N.  HARPER,  Director 


Clemson  College,  S.  C,  July,15,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

We  have  been   using  the  Cyphers  Incubators  for  the  last   few 
years  and  have  found  them  very  satisfactory. 

Very  truly  yours. 


(y  Director. 


Photographic  Views 


Missouri  State  Poultry  ELxperiment  Station 

T.  E.  QUISENBERRY,  Director,  and  Secretary  of  the  State  Poultry  Board 
Poultry  Institutes  Poultry  Statistics 

Poultry  Bulletins  Co-Operative  Experiments 

State  Poultry  Shows  Investigation  and  Instruction 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Mountain  Grove,  Mo.,  December  13,  1911. 

We  have  been  using  several  of  your  incubators  and  brooders  at  the  Missouri  State  Poultry  Ex- 
periment Station  at  Mountain  Grove,  and  they  have  given  us  most  excellent  satisfaction.  We  con- 
sider yours  one  of  the  best  and  most  perfect  incubators  ever  manufactured.  We  sincerely  hope  that 
our  Missouri  farmers  and  fanciers  will  quit  wasting  their  time,  money  and  eggs  on  cheap  and  poorly 
constructed  incubators,  and  invest  in  such  machines  as  yours. 

We  have  yet  to  see  our  first  incubator  of  your  make  in  this  state  which  is  not  giving  excellent 
results.  A  good  machine  like  yours  is  far  the  cheapest  in  the  end.  It  is  a  pleasure  to  operate 
them.  They  will  hatch  all  hatchable  eggs,  and  they  are  an  ornamental  piece  of  furniture  as  well. 
We  like  our  "Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders.''         Yours  very  truly,  T.  E.  QUISENBERRY. 

Agricultured  College  of  Utah 

JOHN  A.  WIDTSOE,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  President 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.—  Logan,  Utah,  September  10,  1907. 

The  two  small  incubators  which  you  furnished  the  Brigham  Young  University  last  spring  were  given 
several  careful  tests.  They  were  operated  by  students  who  had  never  before  handled  incubators, 
and  with  very  successful  results.     The  Cyphers  Incubator  is  certainly  a  very  excellent  one. 

Yours  truly,         JOHN  A.  WIDTSOE. 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Logan,  Utah,  September  26,  1906. 

I  have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  for  a  number  of  years  at  this  Station  as  well  as  on  the  Cyphers 
Poultry  Farm  and  can  honestly  say  that  /  know  of  no  better  machine.  In  my  experience,  with  eggs 
from  good,  vigorous  stock  and  with  proper  care  in  the  operation  of  the  incubator,  the  machine  gives 
satisfactory  hatches.  Yours  very  truly,  JAMES  DRYDEN,  Poultryman. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  POULTRY 
F.  B.  LINFIELD,  Professor 
WM.  F.  SCHOPPE,  Asst.  Poultryman 

The  Montana  Agricultuiral  College  and 
Experiment  Station 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y —  Bozeman,  Mont.,  October  20,  1910. 

We  have  used  your  mcubators  for  several  years  and  have  always  found  them  reliable  and  look 

to  them  to  do  the  best  work  of  any  we  have  mstalled  at  the  station.     At  this  altitude,  which  is  over  4,900 

feet,  we  find  it  necessary  to  put  mois- 
ture pans  in  the  bottom  of  the  nursery 
trays.  When  we  have  used  these  pans, 
we  have  been  able  to  secure  our  largest 
hatches  and  the  chicks  have  come 
out  strong  and  vigorous  and  we 
have  very  small  death  rates. 
Yours  very  truly, 


CHAPTER  VI 


CARE  OF  FOWLS  AND  CHICKS  WITH  LEAST  AMOUNT  OF  WORK 

study  Their  Needs  and  Habits,  Then  Take  Advantage  of  the  Latter  in  Supplying 
the  Former.  Dry  Feeding  by  Hopper  Method.  Gravity-Drip  System  for 
Watering  Fowls.    Passageway  Poultry  Houses.    Deep-Litter  Feeding  of  Chicks 

{.Cotyright,  January,  1912,  by  Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.) 


;e  advantage  of  their 

K-INCH    STEAM 
COCK. 

Standard  make. 
Used  on  Cyphers 
Company  Poultry 
Farm  with  Pressure 
Tank  System. 


IN  planning  the  proper  care  of  fowls  and  chicks,  with 
the  least  amount  of  work,  the  place  to  begin  is  with 
the  birds  themselves.     They  have  their  needs,   and 
also    have    certain    habits.      In    planning    to   supply    their 
needs,  it  is  proper  and  sensible  to  take  advantage  of  thei 
habits — of  their  natural  instincts. 

Fowls  need  healthful  exercise 
and  plenty  of  it.  To  induce  this 
exercise,  the  prudent  poultryman 
resorts — for  example — to  the  simple 
but  invaluable  method  of  scatter- 
ing all  whole  or  cracked  grain 
chicken  food  in  deep,  dry  litter  and 
this  makes  the  healthy,  hungry  fowls 
scratch  actively  for  the  food  they 
like  best. 

The  thrifty,  dead  -  in  -  earnest 
poultry  raiser  who  is  determined 
to  make  his  labor  go  as  far  as  he 
can,  because  profit  is  what  he  is 
after,  and  he  is  well  aware  that  time 
is  money — such  a  poultryman 
should  take  full  advantage  of  the  habits  of  both  his  adult 
fowls  and  chicks  and  also  should 
p||||Hp^  see    to    it     that    his     equipment, 

fA  his    houses,     poultry     appliances, 

^^_j|pl^^^JJ«— .      etc.,     are   labor-saving     in     style 
j^Hjjj^m^Dim     and   arrangement. 
f^f^B^^^^^  '^^'^^   the    simple    matter    of 

Vm  dry    floors    and    dry   litter  —  the 

result,  as  a  rule,  of  proper  ven- 
tilation. Damp  houses  threaten 
serious  trouble  and  make  it 
necessary  for  the  poultryman 
owner  or  caretaker  to  change  the  Utter  quite  often — ■ 
once  a  week  perhaps,  and  this  operation  costs  money 
— costs  money  for  new  litter  and  for  labor  to  do 
the  work.  A  correctly  built  or  properly  ventilated 
poultry  house  is  important,  therefore,  when  we  come 
to  figure  on  "making  money"  in  the  care  of  fowls  and 
chicks  by  "saving  money." 

Adult  fowls  can  now  be  fed  and  watered  once  a  day 
and  will  not  need  further  attention,  unless  they  are  being 
fed  or  handled  in  some  special  manner  for  a  special  pur- 
pose. The  wide-spread  adoption  of  dry  feeding  by  the 
hopper  method  has  proved  a  great  labor  saver.  By 
"dry  feed"  is  meant  finely  or  coarsely  ground  grains 
that  are  mixed  by  hand  or  machinery,  in  the  form  of 
hit-or-raiss  or  balanced  rations — this  ground,  dry-mLxed 
food  being  fed  in  hoppers  and  kept  before  the  fowls  all 
the  time,  allowing  the  birds  to  eat  as  much  as  they  want. 
Once  they  get  used  to  this  method,  the  birds  will  not 
overeat,  not  even  on  beef  scrap,  which  now  is  commonly 
fed  in  the  same  manner.  But  the  fowls — also  little 
chicks — still  much  prefer  whole  or  cracked  grain  and 
therefore  can  be  relied  on  to  dig  in  the  deep,  loose  litter, 
hunting  industriously  for  the  food  in  the  form  they  like 
it  best. 

Let   us   build   our   poultry   houses   so   that   all   doors 


K-INCH  BIBB  COCK. 

Standard  make.      For 

use    with    Gravity  Drip 

System.    Buy  anywhere. 


and  windows  can  be  operated  easily  and  safely  with  the 
least  amount  of  work,  so  that  the  roosts  can  be  cleaned 
and  the  eggs 
gathered  with 
the  minimum  of 
labors  then  let 
us  adopt  meth- 
ods of  feeding 
and  watering 
.the  fowls  that 
will  be  as  near 
automatic  a  s 
possible,  so  to 
speak.  For  the  proper  construction  of  poultry  buildings, 
see  our  Cyphers  Company  Service  free  bulletins — also 
obtain  the  entire  set  of  bulletins,  as  issued,  for  detailed 
treatment  of  many  important  points  that  can  be  only 
touched  on  in  the  space  here  available.  These  bulletins 
are  free,  postpaid,  to  our  customers — free  for  the 
asking. 

Note  herewith  picture  of  the  "gravity  drip  system" 
for  watering  fowls  and  chicks,  as  used  with  undoubted 
success  on  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm.  Any  farmer 
or  regular  poultryman  can  easily  fit  up,  at  small  expense, 
a  three  to  twelve  gallon  water  tank,  with  a  half-inch  iron 
pipe  leading  therefrom  to  each  breeding,  laying  or  brood- 
ing pen.  with  a  simple,  inexpensive,  standard  drip  cock, 
discharging  fresh,  clean  water,  drop  by  drop  into  a  suit- 
able drinking  vessel  placed  in  each  separate  pen,  or  set 
on  a  low  platform  in  an  opening  in  the  pen  partition,  in 
which  latter  case,  the  fowls  or  chicks  in  two  adjoining 
pens  can  drink  from  the  one  vessel,  thus  giving  the  care- 
taker one  drinking  fountain  to  clean  each  day  instead 
of  two. 

The  water  tank  (most  any  water-tight  receptacle  will 
answer  the  purpose)  can  be  filled  once  a  day  or  can  be 
connected  with  the  supply  tank  of  a  wind-mill,  or  any 
other  source  of  supply.  If  a  pressure  tank  is  used  the 
ordinary  bibb  cock  should   be  replaced  by  a  steam  cock. 


GRAVITY  DRIP  SYSTEM. 

Method  of  Watering  Fowls  that  saves  labor  and  insures  the 

birds  having  fresh,  clean  water  at  all  times. 


CARE  OF  FOWLS  AND  CHICKS  WITH  THE  LEAST  AMOUNT  OF  WORK 


PASSAGEWAY  POttLTRY  HOUSE. 
Use  of  aisle  or  passageway  lends  convenience  and  saves  labor 
in  wet  mash  feeding,  in  gathering  eggs  and  in  cleaning  the  roost 

which  will   take  care  of  the   variations  in   pressure  and 
insure  a  uniform  discharge  of  water  into  drinking  dishes. 

Poultry  houses  with  a  rear  aisle  or  passageway  are 
labor  savers,  particularly  as  regards  convenience  and  a 
saving  of  time  in  cleaning  the  droppings  boards,  gathering 
eggs  and  feeding  wet  mash.  See  illustration  herewith 
showing  form  of  wet  mash  feed  trough  used  in  passageway 
of  most  of  the  long  breeding  and  laying  houses  on  Cyphers 
Company's  Poultry  Farm — picture  made  from  photograph. 
The  trough  has  been  turned  downward  and  outward  by 
the  attendant.  When  the  feed  is  in  place,  he  pushes  the 
trough  back  into  its  original  position.  The  fowls  inside 
the  pen  then  eat  from  the  trough.  They  cannot  at  any 
time  get  out  into  the  passageway.  These  troughs  are 
made  V-shaped  and  can  be  cleaned  quickly  and  thoroughly. 

Above  the  trough  (aa,  in  above  picture)  is  the  hinged 
door  that  allows  access  to  the  darkened  nest  boxes,  and 
above  this  door  (bb,  in  picture)  is  the  canvas-covered  larger 
door  that  opens  upward  and  outward,  allowing  the  atten- 
dant to  clean  the  drop  boards  from  the  passageway  and 
remove  the  droppings — doing  all  this  work  in  a  handy, 
time-saving  way,  without  disturbing 
the  fowls,  not  even  those  on  the  nests. 

Deep  litter  feeding  of  chicks  is 
a  method  that  we  highly  recom- 
mend, doing  so  on  the  basis  of  many 
tests  extending  over  a  term  of  years. 
Time  and  again  we  have  tested  sep- 
arate lots  of  chicks  side  by  side,  feed- 
ing one  lot  by  the  old  method,  giving 
them  foods  of  various  kinds,  four,  five 
and  six  times  per  day,  but  without 
exception  the  deep-litter  fed  chicks 
would  excel  the  others  in  growth  and 
weight,  also  in  low  mortality. 

Not  once  have  we  found  a  food 
ration  and  method  of  feeding  that  has 
equalled  the  deep-litter  plan,  using  our 
regular  sealed-bag  brand  of  finely 
granulated  chick  food,  where  the  two 
methods  were  tried  side  by  side  on 


chicks  hatched  at   the   same   time,   in  the  same  manner, 
and  brooded  in  exactly  the  same  way. 

For  an  account  of  what  this  deep-litter  feeding 
method  consists  of,  as  practiced  year  after  year  on  Cyphers 
Company  Poultry  Farm,  see  Chapter  VIII,  on  page  238 
entitled  "Premium  Price  Table  Poultry — And  How  To 
Produce  It;"  also  send  for  Bulletin  No.  14  of  the  Cyphers 
Company  Service  Department. 

There  are  two  main  reasons  for  using  this  method  of 
feeding  chicks — chicks  ranging  from  four  days  old  up  to 
six  to  twelve  weeks  old,  depending  on  what  is  to  be  done 
with  them.  First,  it  is  decidedly  more  healthful  for  them, 
because  it  keeps  them  busy,  keeps  them  actively  at  work 
digging  for  food  they  like;  second,  it  is  a  great  labor  saver. 
One  "feeding"  in  three  or  four  weeks  is  all  that  is  required, 
so  far  as  the  supply  of  granulated  or  cracked  grain  food 
is  concerned.  They  also  should  have  green  food  in  some 
form,  chick  grit,  granulated  charcoal,   etc. 

Wlien  chicks  are  fed  by  the  deep-litter  method  it  is 
a  common  thing  for  the  attendant  to  find  them  digging 
away  in  holes  in  the 
eight-inch  litter  — 
holes  made  by  them- 
selves that  are  so  deep 
that  the  chicks  can- 
not be  seen  until  you 
step  close  to  the 
holes.  Little  chicks 
thrive  finely  under 
such  active  condi- 
tions— and  by  "little 
chicks,"  in  this  case,  is 
meant  chicks  all  the 
way  from  those  four 
days  old  up  to  husky 
two  and  three  pound- 
ers that  are  being  rais- 
ed for  early  layers  or 
to  be  used  as  breeders. 

All  due  pains  should  be  taken  to  prevent  rats  finding  a 
home  in  or  near  poultry  buildings,  Rats  will  carry  off  a 
large  amount  of  poultry  food  if  they  can  get  to  it,  and  they 
are  death  to  Uttle  chicks.  In  feeding  adult  fowls  use  rat- 
proof  hoppers  so  far  as  may  be  found  practicable,  and  in  the 
case  of  little  chicks  their  quarters  must  be  made  rat-proof. 

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NON-WASTE,  R,\T-PROOF  DRY, 
FOOD  HOPPER 
Large    dry  feed    size.        Holds     H 
bushel.     Beef  scrap  hopper  is  half  this 
peck. 


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A  SIMPLE  METHOD  OF  INSTALLING  A  GRAVITY  DRIP  SYSTEM. 
The  illustration  shows  how  a  small,  inexpensive  water  tank,  with  half-Inch  Iron 
piping,  can  be  made  to  supply  fresh,  clean  water  to  brooding  or  laying  pens. 


MRGE  PRACTICAL  PLANTS 

"'  \  WHOLESALE  PRODUCTION  OF  EGGS,  BROILERS,  SOFT 
/  ^  ROASTERS  AND  GREEN  DUCKS  FOR  MARKET.  SALE 
'^hj    OJ,  DAY-OLD  CHICKS.  CUSTOM   HATCHING,   ETC. 

STEP  BY  STEP,  during  the  last  twenty  years,  poultrymen  and  poultry  investigators 
have  been  solving  the  problems  of  correct  mating,  of  proper  housing  and  yarding,  of 
sanitary  feeding  and  watering,  of  nutritive  food  rations,  of  incubation  and  brooding 
on  a  large  scale  by  artificial  means,  of  attractive  marketing  of  products,  until  at  the  present 
time  there  is  a  steadily  increasing  number  of  large,  practical  poultry  plants  in  the  United 
States  and  Canada  that  are  on  a  basis  of  permanent  success,  making  satisfactory  annual 
profits. 

Odd  as  it  may  seem,  it  was  the  duck  growers  who  first  won  the  victory  on  a  large  scale. 
We  say  "  odd  "  because  the  duck  men  had  to  create  their  market.  There  was  no  demand  for 
green  ducks,  meaning  ten  and  twelve  weeks  old  Pekins,  weighing  four  to  five  pounds  each, 
until  James  Rankin,  Easton,  Mass.,  known  as  "the  father  of  the  Pekin  Duck  Industry  in 
America,"  built  up  trade  in  this  line  by  sending  pairs  of  tender  green  ducks  of  his  production 
to  friends  and  acquaintances  in  and  around  Boston. 

At  present  there  are  numerous  successful  duck  farms  on  Long  Island,  in  New 
England,  in  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey,  etc.,  on  which  twenty  to  fifty  per  cent,  is 
being  cleared  annually  on  the  money  invested.  Owners  of  these  plants  are  now 
making  $3,000  to  $20,000  per  year  in  net  profits.  The  eggs  of  domestic  ducks  do 
not  hatch  in  as  large  percentages  as  do  hen  eggs,  but  the  ducklings  once  hatched  live 
and  grow,  the  mortality  being  small,  as  a  general  rule.  Ducks  eat  heartily  and  grow 
twice  as  fast  as  chicks — that  is,  a  chick  at  ten  weeks  old  should  weigh  two  and  one- 
half'pounds  or  a  little  better,  whereas  a  duckling  at  this  age,  if  correctly  fed,  should 
weigh  five  pounds. 

The  Leghorns  have  made  Egg  Farms  profitable.  Hundreds  of  flocks  of  Leghorns 
are  now  paying  the  owners  a  handsome  profit,  these  flocks  ranging  in  size  from  a  few 
hundred  to  thousands  of  layers.  There  are  egg  farms  in  the  Eastern  States  with  five 
to  ten  thousand  layers,  and  the  same  is  true  of  far-away  California,  Petaluma  being 
the  best  known  city  of  egg  farms  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

A  large  number  of  practical  poultry  plants  combine  eggs  for  market  with  broiler 
raising  and  the  production  of  roasting  chickens  and  capons.  Broilers  consist  of  chicks 
eight  to  twelve  weeks  old,  weighing  from  three-quarters  of  a  pound  to  two  pounds  each, 
chicks  grown  older  until  they  weigh  three  to  six  pounds  each.  In  many  cases  the  surplus  cockerels  are  converted 
into  capons,  the  popular  weights  being  six  to  ten  pounds.  The  Boston  market  prefers  the  lighter  weight  capons; 
the  Philadelphia,  New  York  and  Chicago  markets  use  the  heavier  birds. 

The  sale  of  day-old  chicks  came  near  being  "something  new  under  the  sun"  in  the  poultry  world — on  account 
of  modern  transportation  facilities — although  the  Egyptians  no  doubt  sold  day-old  chicks  two  thousand  to  twenty- 
five  hundred  years  ago,  as  part  of  the  custom  hatching  they  did  on  a  large  scale.  The  Egyptians  are  still  operating 
the  big  "hatching  ovens"  that  were  told  of  in  history  more  than  a  hundred  years  B.  C.  and  it  is  known  that  the 
Chinese  hatched  eggs  by  artificial  means  long  before  the  modern  nations  of  the  world  came  into  existence. 

It  is  indeed  a  surprising  fact  that  many  farmers  and  farmers'  wives  should  have  their  annual  crop  of  chicks 
hatched  at  so  much  per  chick  by  poultrymen  who  are  operating  large  numbers  of  small,  portable  incubators  or 
who  have  installed  mammoth  machines,  yet  this  condition  now  exists,  and  it  is  certain  that  there  is  to  be  a  large 
increase  in  this  branch  of  the  industry  from  this  time  on. 

Custom  hatching  and  the  sale  of  day-old  chicks  go  hand-in-hand,  and  the  one  fact  that  newly-hatched  chicks 
and  ducklings  can  be  shipped  by  fast  express  hundreds  of  miles  in  perfect  safety  is  going  to  have  an  important 
bearing  on  the  poultry  business  of  the  future  in  all  civilized  countries. 

lO.S 


JAS.   RANKIN. 
Called  "The  Father  of  Pekir 
Ducklndusti 


Roasters  are  these  same 


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High  Record  Trap-Nested  Breeders 
A  Matter  of  Correspondence 


AURORA    LEGHORN    FARM 

R.    P.    ELLIS,    Proprietor 
Single  Comb  White  Leghorns  Exclusively — 
Day-Old  Chicks  and  Hatching  Eggs  Executive  Department  and  Breeding 

From  America's  Leading  Strain  Farm  of  the  Aurora  System 

Of  Record  Bred  Layers  of  Branch  Farms 

Formerly  of  2406  Flatbush  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Tenafly,  N.  J.,  December  4,  191 L 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

Our  hatching  results  in  your  incubators  are  so  uniformly  good  that  a  recapitulation  of  figures 
gets  monotonous.  Two  years  ago  we  set  a  standard  from  February  to  October  by  hatching  25,268 
fine,  saleable  chicles  from  36,414  eggs  placed  in  the  machines.  After  allowing  for  infertile  eggs, 
totaling  nine  per  cent.,  it  will  be  found  that  your  incubators  hatched  for  us  84  per  cent,  of  all  fertile 
hatching  eggs. 

Last  year  45,000  eggs  were  set  on  our  farm  with  equally  good  returns  and  this  past  season  59,400 
eggs  placed  in  Cyphers  Incubators — sixteen  (16)  of  your  390-egg  machines— produced  for  us  43,717 
good,  live,  vigorous  chicks.  We  think  this  is  another  high  record  of  fertility  and  hatching  results. 
I  hear  every  now  and  then  of  some  phenomenal  single  hatch,  but  here  are  148  hatches,  covering  a 
period  of  seven  months.  Such  results  show  the  dependable  qualities  of  the  Standard  Cyphers 
Incubators.  We  have  had  plenty  of  95  per  cent,  and  better  hatches,  our  record  being  a  99  per  cent, 
hatch — only  four  eggs  not  hatching. 

I  cannot  speak  in  too  high  praise  of  your  Adaptable  Hovers.  This  is  a  most  excellent  brooding 
device.  It  is  economical,  efficient,  indestructible  and  hygienic.  Perhaps  I  can  best  testify  to  my  com- 
plete satisfaction  with  your  incubators  and  hovers  by  placing 
herewith  an  order  for  twenty-two  (22)  more  of  your  390-egg 
machines  and  thirty  (30)  of  the  Adaptable  Hovers  to  be  delivered  at 
my  new  and  enlarged  main  farm  at  Tenafly,  N.  J.,  the  end  of 
January,  1912. 


Operating  74  Standard  Cyphers  — Some  in  Use  lO  Years 


H.  MENOUGH 


WALKER 


J.  D.  BURN 
OXFORD    POULTRY    FARM 
Eggs  and  Stock  in  Season  IMPERIAL  PEKIN  DUCKS  A  SPECIALTY  Capacity  50,000  Ducks 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Oxford,  Pa.,  December  12,  1911. 

.    We  continue  to  have  the  same  high  opinion  of  the  Cyphers  Incubators  as  heretofore.     Our 
experience  with  them  dates  back  about  twelve  years,  and  we  have  always  found  them  satisfactory. 

At  present  we  are  operating  seventy-four  of  your  Standard  No.  3  machines.  Some  of  them  have  been 
in  successful  operation  more  than  ten  years  and  still  do  uniformly  good  work.  These  facts  are  the  best 
evidence  we  can  offer  regarding  our  high  opinion  of  your  make  of  Incubators.  Simplicity  in  handling,  together 
with  other  good  qualities,  make  them  the  most  desirable  Incubators  on  the  market  today. 

Yours  truly,         OXFORD  POULTRY  FARM. 


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Oxford  Poultry  Farm,  Oxford,  Pa.     Part  View  of  Incubator  Cellar  and  One  of  the  Duck  Run 


White  Wyandottes 
White  Leghorns 
Pekin  Ducks 


Capacity,  200,000  Head  Annually 

NIAGARA    FARM 
W.  R.  CURTISS  &  CO.,  Proprietors 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.   Y.—  Ransomville,  N.  Y.,  April  22,  1911. 

We  are  using  your  Incubators  here  in  the  largest  incubator  cellar  in  the  world.  We  also  use  your 
Poultry  Foods,  Supplies,  etc.  Your  Incubators  have  always  given  us  good  hatches  and  all  of  your  goods 
have  been  very  satisfactory.  We  are  pleased  to  recommend  the  Cyphers  Incubator  to  the  poultryman  who 
wants  a  first-class  machine  and  to  also  recommend  the  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  to  any  one  who  is  in 
need  of  anything  in  their  line.  Very  truly  yours,  W.  R.  CURTISS  &  CO. 


Photographic  Views  on  Niagara  Poultry  Farm,  Ransomville,  N.  V. 
19T 


Photographic  Views  of  California  Chiclien  Farm.  Guy  Van  Alstyne,  Sec,  Mayfield.  Cal. 

California  Chicken  Company 

LOUIS  APPY,  President.  GUY  VAN  ALSTYNE.  Secretary  W.   E.  GRIGSBY,  Treasurer 

Mayfield,  Cal.,  September  30,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

We  have  found  pleasure  in  handing  to  the  Manager  of  your  Pacific  Coast  Branch  our  order  for  a  16,000-egg 
capacity  Cyphers  Mammoth  Incubator  to  be  installed  without  delay  on  our  poultry  plant.  We  are  glad  to 
testify  to  our  satisfaction  with  your  equipment  and  Sealed-Bag  Brand  Food  products.  We  have  had  most 
excellent  results  with  both  and  will  be  pleased  to  have  you  refer  any  inquiries  to  us  as  a  reference.  We  now 
have  on  hand  some  thirty  thousand  birds  and  their  splendid  condition  is  a  direct  compliment  to  the  machines 
and  feed  we  have  purchased  from  you.  Find  herewith  some  pictures  of  our  plant — one  of  which  shows  a  good 
view  of  your  Brooders  equipped  with  self-regulating  Adaptable  Hovers.  As  you  know,  we  are  using  sixty  of 
these  Brooders,  Very  truly  yours, 

CALIFORNIA  CHICKEN  COMPANY, 

Guy  Van  Alstyne,  Secretary. 


Portsmouth  Road  Poultry  Farm 

E.  W.  CUNNINGHAM,  Proprietor 
Breeder  of  High-Class  S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds 

Exeter,  N.  H.,  November  7,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

Have  always  considered  myself  fortunate  in  having  chosen  a  Cyphers  for  my  first  incubator.  I  have 
never  dared  to  take  chances  by  trying  other  makes.  Operated  ten  (10)  of  the  244-egg  size  Cyphers  last  season, 
hatching  thousands  of  fine  chicks.  1  also  operated  twenty-five  (25)  of  your  Adaptable  Hovers  with  excellent 
results,  besides  a  number  of  Cyphers  Outdoor  Brooders.  I  have  an  80-foot  brooder  house  equipped  with  ten  of 
the  Hovers,  which  supply  all  the  heat  necessar>'.  /  always  recommend  Cyphers  goods  and  could  not  afford 
to  be  without  them  myself. 

We  have  at  present  over  one  thousand  fine  pullets  and  two  hundred  cockerels,  all  selected  free  range,  vigorous 
stock.  Practically  all  of  my  exhibition  birds  are  hatched  and  reared  with  Cyphers  equipment.  In 
ten  years  breeding  I  have  never  had  what  some  people  call  a  bad  year.  Much  of  the  credit  is  due  to  goods  of  your 
manufacture.  Yours  very  truly, 

E.  W.  CUNNINGHAM. 

198 


Photographic  Views  of  Polo  Leghorn  Farm,  C. 


Polo  Leghorn  Farm 

C.    E.    TRUMP,    Proprietor 
WHITE  LEGHORNS  EXCLUSIVELY 


Heavy  Laying,  Trap-Nested  Strain. 
Bred  for  Size  and  Large  Egg  Production 
Fancy  White  Table  Eggs  a  Specialty 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y- 


Eggs  for  Hatching,  Day-Old  Chicks  and 

Utility  Stock  for  Sale  in  Season 
Satisfaction  and  Safe  Delivery  Guaranteed 

Polo,  111.,  July  6,  1911. 

We  are  using  Cyphers  Incubators  with  fine  success — the  No.  2  and  No.  3  sizes — also  twelve  (12)  of  your 
Adaptable  Hovers  and  they  do  the  work  every  time.  Any  one  who  will  follow  the  directions  can  make  big 
hatches  with  Cyphers  Incubators  and  can  raise  the  chicks  with  these  Adaptable  Hovers.  We  never  fail  to 
hatch  a  big  percentage  of  all  fertile  eggs — and  we  do  it  with  less  care  and  worry  with  Cyphers  Incubators  than 
with  any  other  machine  I  have  ever  tried.  The  Hovers  are  easily  regulated,  are  well  constructed  and  they 
take  care  of  the  chicks  as  well  as  any  hen  could  with  a  great  deal  less  worry  and  trouble. 

We  intend  to  use  your  full  line  of  goods  in  future  as  we  believe  it  is  true  economy  to  do  so  and  therefore 
profitable.  Am  to  enlarge  my  plant  next  fall  and  shall  install  more  of  your  Incubators  and  Hovers.  If  any  one 
is  skeptical  as  to  the  quality  of  Cyphers  goods  I  invite  them  to  visit  my  plant  and  see  for  themselves. 

Yours  respectfully,  C.  E.  TRUMP,  Proprietor. 


'  Breeding  Houses  on  La  Grange  Farm,  La  Grange.  111. 


S.  C.  White  Leghoi 
Wyckoff  Strain 
Eggs  for  Hatching 


'Apparently  Will  Last  a  Lifetime' 

LA    GRANGE    EGG    FARM 

GEO.  M.  GEAR,  Proprietor 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  La  Grange,  111.,  November  20,  1911. 

During  the  past  season  we  operated  twenty-one  (21)  of  your  machines,  hatching  as  high  as  80  per  cent,  of 
all  eggs  set  (we  do  not  test)  which  is  very  satisfactory  work.  We  have  ordered  ten  (10)  of  your  machines 
for  next  season  so  that  we  may  be  better  equipped  to  take  care  of  our  rapidly  increasing  trade  in  day-old 
chicks. 

I  like  your  machines  because  they  give  me  maximum  results  with  the  minimum  of  anxiety,  which 
counts  for  a  great  deal  when  a  large  number  of  fertile  eggs  are  under  incubation.     We  are  operating  five  Cyphers 
machines  that  have  been  in  use  nine  years  and  the  past  season  they  gave 
the  same  uniformly  good   hatches  as  they  did  the  first  year  we  owned 
them.     Apparently  they  will  last  a  lifetime.       I  tried  and  discarded  several 
other  makes  of  incubators.     Can  heartily  recommend  the  Cyphers. 
Very  truly  yours,  LA  GRANGE  EGG  FARM, 


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Proprietor. 


199 


Been  Using  Incubators  Eighteen  Years 


AFTON    FARM 


E.  W.  TWINING,  Proprieto 


Stock  and  Eggs  for  Sale  in  Season 

Reference: 
First  National  Bank,  Yardley.  Pa. 


Yardley,  Pa.,  June  13,  1910. 


Mammoth  Imperial  Pekin  Ducks 

Single  Comb  White  Leghorns 

Barred  Plymouth  Rocks 

Cornish  Indian  Games  S.  B. 

White  Wyandottes 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

We  are  using  thirty-three  (33)  of  your  Incubators  and  twelve  (12)  of  your  Outdoor  Brooders,  also  your  Chick 
Food,  with  fine  success.  We  take  pleasure  in  recommending  the  Cyphers  Incubator  to  be  a  well-made  machine 
and  a  good  hatcher — one  that  will  hatch  large,  strong  chickens  or  ducklings,  the  kind  that  the  owner  has 
a  good  chance  of  raising. 

We  have  been  using  incubators  for  the  past  eighteen  years,  and  during  that  time  we  have  tried 
most  of  the  leading  makes.  Eight  years  ago  we  purchased  one  large-size  Cyphers  for  trial,  and  since  then  have 
bought  more  each  year,  until  we  now  have  thirty-three  (33)  of  your  large  machines,  which  is  the  capacity  of 
our  plant.     We  now  keep  the  business  running  the  year  around,  raising  both  ducks  and  chickens. 

Yours     truly, 
.  S.  B.  &  E.  W.  TWINING. 


Photographic  Views  of  S.  B.  &  E.  W.  Twining  Poultry  Yards,  Yardley,  Pa. 


Incubators,  Brooders,  Poultry  Foods 

CHAS.    F.    THOMPSON    &    CO. 

POULTRY  YARDS 

ONE  OF  THE  LARGEST  BREEDERS  OF  FANCY  STOCK  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES 

Rhode  Island  Reds  (Rose  and  Single  Comb)  Barred  Plymouth  Rocks,  White  Wyandottes 

Cyphers  Incuhalor  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.—  Lynnfield  Center,  Mass.,  Oct.  23,  1911. 

We  hatch  from  12,000  to  15,000  chicks  in  the  Cyphers  Incubators  every  season.  We  have  several 
of  your  Outdoor  Brooders,  which  do  fine  work.  We  also  use  the  Cyphers  Chick  Food,  and_are  very  much  pleased 
with  it. 

We  are  using  eighteen  (18)  of  your  incubators,  var^'ing  in  size  from  the  144egg 
to  390-egg  machines,  and  I  can  see  no  difference  in  the  per  cent,  of  hatches  in 
any  of  them.  Repeatedly  we  have  hatched  over  300  chicks  at  a  time  with  your  No.  3 
Incubators  holding  390  eggs,  and  they  are  as  bright,  smart  appearing  chicks  as  ever 
were  hatched  by  hens. 

I  am  satisfied  that  your  firm  sells  nothing  but  reliable,  tested  goods  and  that  you 
use  your  customers  right.  Season  before  last  we  put  in  one  of  your  Hot-\\'ater  Heaters 
which  we  used  to  heat  our  office  and  brooder  house.     We  found  there  is  a  saving  of 

fully  25  per  cent,  in  coal  over  a heater  we  are  using  in  our  old  brooder  house. 

Yours  very  truly,         CHAS.  F.  THOMPSON  &  CO. 


By 


Chas.  F.  Thompson. 


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Photographic  Views  of  Mertsheimer  Poultry  Farm.  L.  L.  Mertsheimer.  Prop.,  Pleasant  Hill.  Mo. 

Mertsheimer  Poultry  Farm 

L.    L.    MERTSHEIMER,    Proprietor 

BREEDERS  OF  WHITE^PLYMOUTH  ROCKS,  WHITE  WYANDOTTES  AND  RHODE  ISLAND  REDS 
Breeding  Stock  and  Hatching  Eggs  In  Season  Breeders  of  Homing  Pigeons  and  Pit  Bull  Terriers 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company.  Biifalo,  N.   I'.—  Pleasant  Hill,  Mo.,  October  12,  1911. 

The  best  endorsement  we  can  give  your  goods  is  to  report  that  this  plant,  one  of  the  largest  and  most  com- 
plete in  the  west,  is  equipped  with  Cyphers  Company  manufactures  from,  beginning  to  end — from  incubators 
clear  down  to  drinking  fountains.  Furthermore,  we  are  much  pleased  with  our  equipment  and  expect  to 
continue  to  buy  and  use  your  goods  as  long  as  we  are  in  the  business. 

At  present  we  have  ten  (10)  of  your  390-egg  incubators,  two  (2)  of  the  70-egg  machines,  forty  (40)  of  your 
Adaptable  Hovers,  and  we  are  planning  to  install  twenty  more  of  these  Hovers  this  fall. 

We  have  an  annual  production  of  from  seven  to  ten  thousand  head  of  poultry  and  in  addition  to  this 
we  breed  Homer  pigeons  and  Pit  Bull  terriers.  We  use  your  Sealed- Bag  Brand  poultry  foods  for  our  fowls  and 
your  pigeon  food  for  our  Homers.  You  may  put  me  down  on  your  list  as  a  thoroughly  satisfied  customer. 
We  know  what  your  goods  are  because  we  have  put  them  to  the  test.  We  sincerely  recommend  your 
goods  and  can  speak  in  high  terms  of  your  method  of  doing  business.  Yours  truly, 

L.     L.  MERTSHEIMER,  Proprietor. 


Photographic  Views  of  Throop  Poultry  Farm,  Theo.  Throop,  Prop.,  Enterprise,  Fla. 

Throop  Poultry  Farm 

THOROUGHBRED  WHITE  LEGHORNS 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Enterprise,  Fla,,  October  11,  1911. 

I  have  a  White  Leghorn  plant  here  in  Enterprise  and  run  about  2,000  head  of  layers  each  season.  I 
hatch  my  chickens  with  incubators,  using  your  machines  among  others  and  have  found  that  I  get  the  best  results 
from  your  incubators.  Therefore  shall  add  several  more  No.  2,  244-egg  Cyphers  to  my  equipment  this  season 
because  I  am  convinced  they  are  the  best — the  safest  to  buy  and  use.  In  answering  numerous  inquiries  on 
the  subject  of  incubation  I  have  no  hesitation  in  recommending  Cyphers  Incubators  as  the  very  best  I  have 
used.  Am  enclosing  herewith  two  photographs  which  will  give  you  a  correct  idea  of  my  poultry  plant.  It  is 
making  money  for  me  and  I  give  full  share  of  credit  to  your  make  of  incubators. 

Yours  truly,  THEO.  THROOP,  Proprietor. 

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"The  Home  of  The  South  Shore  Rosister" 

J.  H.  CURTISS  'CURTISS    POULTRY    FARM  g.w.  CURTISs 

LIGHT   BRAHMAS  WHITE  PLYMOUTH   ROCKS 

West  Norwell,  Mass.,  Julv  17,  1909. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

We  have  used  your  Incubators  for  many  years,  trying  them  side  by  side  with 
other  leading  makes,  with  the  result  that  we  have  found  the  Standard 
Cyphers  superior  to  all  others. 

The  Cyphers  machines  are  used  almost  altogether  in  this  section  (the 
home  of  the  South  Shore  roasters),  where  chicken-raising  is  the  principal 
industry.  Yours  very  truly,  J.  H.  CURTISS. 


Views  on  the  South  Shore  Roaster  Plant  of  J.  H.  Curtiss,  West  Nonvell.  Ma 


"The  Most  Convincing  Sign" 

G.  A.  DREW,  Manager  CONYERS    MANOR 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company.  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Greenwich,  Conn.,  December  13,  1911. 

We  are  pleased  to  report  another  successful  season  in  our  poultry  work.     Our  success  in  hatching 
and  rearing  with  your  Incubators  and  Brooders  is  all  we  could  hope  for.     Perhaps  the  most  convincing 
sign  is  the  fact  that  we  are  contemplating  materially  increasing  our 
poultry  plant,  both  in  the  production  of  eggs  and  broilers.     We  shall 
continue  to  use  your  products  and  advise  others  to  do  the  same,  as  we 

Yours  very  truly. 


have  done  in  the 


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Views  of  Conyera  Manor  Poultry  Plant,  Greenwich,  Conn. 
202 


H 

tii^^^M  .'"^^"^^r '■'f^^^^wBH 

MR  JAMES  RANKIN- 

RAN  KINS' 
DUCK 
FARM 

PEKIN   DUCKS 

EN  ROUTE  TO  MARKET 

Monarch  Incubator 

JAMES  RANKIN,  Proprietor 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  South  Easton,  Mass.,  September  4,  1906. 

We  have  used  your  Incubators  the  past  season  and  have  found  them  to  be  all  that  you  represent.  Having 
been  a  manufacturer  of  incubators  myself  and  always  in  strong  public  competition  with  many  of  the  leading 
machines,  /  have  no  hestitancy  in  saying  that  I  consider  the  ^  ^^  ^         , 

Standard  Cyphers  Incubator,  latest  pattern,  the  leading  //  /J/^  / 

machine  on  the  market  today.    The  regulation  is  simply  '/^        ^/  C^::^^2'<^-t^/^^5«s->-'Z--^ 

perfection.     Wishing  you  all  success,  I  remain.  Yours  truly,     C/ 


Views  of  Hartman  Stock  Farm.  Columbus.  Ohio. 

Using  57  Large-Size  Cyphers 

THE    HARTMAN    STOCK    FARM    CO. 

Importers  and  Breeders  of  Buff,  White  and  Partridge  Wyandottes,  Barred  Plymouth  Rocks  and  S.  C.  White  Leghorns 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,   N.   Y. —  Columbus,  Ohio,  October  24,  1910. 

I  personally  have  used  the  Cyphers  Incubators  in  large  numbers  during  the  past  ten  years  and  have 
always  found  them  to  fulfill  every  claim  you  make  for  them.  They  cause  less  trouble  than  any  machine  I  have 
ever  operated,  and  I  have  tried  a  few!  I  find  in  the  Cyphers  a  machine  that  any  one  can  operate  if  they  will 
but  follow  the  instructions  that  are  sent  with  each  machine  and  not  try  to  rebuild  it,  as  it  is  self-regulating 
and  practically  automatic. 

The  fact  that  we  now  have  in    use  fifty-seven  (57)  of  your  largest  size  Incubators,  including  ten 
of  your  latest  pattern,  equipped  with  nursery  drawers  and  improved  system  of  ventilation,  and  the  fact  that 
a  plant  of   this  magnitude    uses  the  Cyphers  Incubators  exclusively, 
should  be  ample  proof  of  what  we  think  of  your  machines. 

We  shall  hatch  during  the  coming  season  20,000  chicks  for  our 
own  use  and  from  30,000  to  50,000  for  our  day-old  chick  trade. 

Respectfully  yours,  HARTMAN  STOCK  FARM, 


^     Supt. 


of  Poultry. 


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Photographic  Views  on  Poultry  Farm  of  C.  Flewwelling.  Petali 


330  to  371  Chicks  Every  Hatch 

la°byCht^s^'''°'^'"'  C.    FLEWWELLING 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Petaluma,  Cal.,  December  3,  1911. 

Our  second  year  with  Cyphers  Incubators  has  been  even  more  successful  than  the  first.  You  will  recall 
that  last  season  we  obtained  330  to  371  good,  strong,  vigorous  chicks  every  hatch  from  our  No.  3  machines,  hatch- 
ing a  total  of  more  than  20,000  fine,  healthy  chicks.  The  past  season  we  ran  fifteen  (15)  of  your  No.  3 
Incubators  from  January  1st  to  July  1st  and  every  machine  has  turned  out  big  hatches  of  fine,  strong 
chicks.  For  example,  April  22nd  two  of  the  incubators  gave  us  744  chicks  from  765  fertile  eggs — and  not  a 
cripple  in  the  lot.  Hearing  so  many  complaints  of  other  makes  of  incubators,  we  are  more  convinced  than 
ever  of  the  superiority  of  your  machines.  Yours  truly,       C.  FLEWWELLING. 


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Views  of  Kaufman's  Poultry  Fan 


Hatched  More  Than  60,000  Chicks' 


BREEDERS  OF 
Kaufman's  Utility  Strain.  Whi 
Wyandottes,  Barred  Plymoutl 
Rocks,  Rhode  Island  Reds 


KAUFMAN'S    POULTRY    FARM 


OUR   SPECIALTIES 

Day-Old  Chick.'i 

Eggs  for  Hatching 


Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  F.- 


Burlington, Mass.,  July  30,  1911. 


We  thought  1910  would  be  our  banner  year  in  the  poultry  business,  but  1911  has  proved  even  more 
satisfactory.  In  1910  we  hatched  some  50,000  chicks  in  twenty  (20)  of  your  No.  3  Incubators,  but  this  past 
season  has  given  us  more  than  60,000  chicks — same  number  of  machines — and  they  are  not  at  all  tired  of 
hatching,  in  spite  of  our  running  them  continuously  for  seven  months  out  of  the  twelve. 

Using  your  machines,  we  have  become  so  accustomed  to  good  hatches  that  we  not  only  "count  our  chickens 
before  they  are  hatched,"  but  we  bank  the  money  for  the  chicks  before  placing  the  eggs  in  the  incubators.  It 
is  not  unusual  for  us  to  get  290  chicks  from  a  single  machine,  and  the  average  is  about  250. 

Our  customers  are  so  certain  of  receiving  their  chicks  on  the  day  promised  that  they  make  remittances  at 
time  of  ordering,  and  we  have  never  failed  to  send  the  exact  number  on  the  promised  date.  Now  that  is 
something  we  could  never  do  before  using  your  machines.  Yours  truly, 

KAUFMAN'S  POULTRY  FARM,^ 

M.  Kaufman. 

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Poultry  Plant  of  R.  H.  Loveland,  Lamar,  Pa, 


'Operated  Your  Machines  For  Ten  Years' 


Day-Old  Chicks 


Eggs  for  Hatching 


R.    H.    LOVELAND 

Breeder  of  Heavy-Laying  Strains 

Barred  Plymouth  Rocks  and  S.  C,  White  and  Brov/n  Leghorns 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Lamar,  Clinton  Co.,  Pa.,  December  12,  1911. 

I  have  operated  your  machines  for  ten  years  and  have  never  failed  to  bring  off  a  satisfactory 
hatch.  The  coming  season  shall  increase  my  hatching  capacity  to  50,000  chicks,  which  shows  I  have  faith  both 
in  the  poultry  business  and  in  the  Standard  Cyphers. 

Am  enclosing  you  photo  of  my  concrete  incubator  cellar,  which  contains  thirty  (30)  of  your  No.  3  Standard 
Cyphers  machines,  in  which  I  hatched  the  past  season  (in  about  four  months)  30,800  chicks,  mostly  Barred 
Rocks,  which  were  shipped  to  nearly  every  state  east  of  the  Mississippi  River,  and  with  uniformly  good  results. 
The  other  photo  shows  a  single  shipment  of  3,000  chicks  ready  to  be  taken  to  the  express  office. 

Very  respectfully,  R.  H.  LOVELAND. 


Barred  and  White 
Plymouth  Rocks 
White  Langshans 


White  Wyandottes 
Rhode  Island  Reds 
Bronze  Turkeys 


Views  on  Rowe  Poultry  Farm,  and  Hatchery,  Groton,  Mass. 

"Hatched  About  45,000  Chicks" 

R  O  WE    POULTRY    FARM    AND    HATCHERY 

Headquarters  for  Pure-Bred  Baby  Chicks 
SELECTED  EGGS  FOR  HATCHING 
TEN  AWARDS  ON  POULTRY  AND  BIG  BROWN  EGGS  AT  1910-11  BOSTON  SHOWS 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.   Y.—  Groton,  Mass.,  September  10,  1911. 

Having  operated  personally  sixteen  (16)  of  your  incubators  (14  No.  3  and  2  No.  2  machines)  the  past  few 
years  I  feel  well  qualified  in  stating  that  they  have  demonstrated  time  and  again  to  be  superior  to  other 
makes  running  beside  them  under  the  same  conditions.  The  chicks  from  your  machines  are  husky  little 
fellows,  and  give  my  customers  much  satisfaction. 

/  hatched  about  45,000  chicks  this  season,  distributing  them  all  over  the  New  England  and  Middle 
States,  and  at  this  early  date  have  received  letters  from  seven  different  customers  stating  that  the  pullets 
from  the  incubator  chicks  received  from  me  this  spring  had  begun  to  lay,  which  speaks  well  for  the 
vitality  of  the  chicks  hatched  in  the  Cyphers  Incubators.  It  is  a 
pleasure  to  have  the  privilege  of  recommending  your  machines  to  any 
one  desiring  a  simple  operating  and  thoroughly  reliable  incubator. 

Yours  truly, 

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Annual  Capacity    100,000  Ducks 

WEBER    BROTHERS 


Breede: 


of 


IMPERIAL  PEKIN  DUCKS  ANNUAL  CAPACITY,  100,000 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Wrentham,  Mass.,  November  1,  1910. 

In  response  to  your  inquiry  as  to  our  continued  success  with  the  fifteen  (15)  No.  3  Cyphers  Incubators  we 
have  been  using  several  years,  we  want  to  say  that  we  never  had  such  phenomenal  hatches  as  we  have 
had  in  these  incubators  from  beginning  to  end.  We  believe  it  to  be  impossible  to  build  a  more  successful 
hatching   machine   and    shall   always   heartily   endorse   and    recommend   your    incubators   to   every   one   who 

asks  for  our  opinion  on  the  subject. 

In  our  long  experience  in  the  poultry  business 
we  have  had  the  opportunity  to  try  an  experiment 
with  every  well-known  make  of  machine  on  the 
market  and  we  have  proved  to  our  complete 
satisfaction  that  for  reliability,  uniformity  of 
temperature,  simplicity  of  action  and  ease  of 
operation,  the  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator 
has  no  equal  in  the  market  today. 

We  shall  continue  to  use  and  endorse  your 
Incubators  in  the  future  above  all  others. 


Very  truly, 


Views  of  Weber  Bros.   100-Acre  Duck  Ranch,  PondviUe,  Mass. 


Seven  Seasons— Never  Had  Poor  Hatch 

THE    M  A  P  L  E  W  O  O  D      POULTRY    F  A  R  kl 

Farm  at  Ridgewood  Road  and  Poultry  and  Egg',  Incubator  Eggs 

Milbum  Ave..  Maplewood,  N.  J.  Incubator  Ci::ks  a  Specialty 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Milburn,  N.  J.,  Januarj'  17,  1911. 

We  desire  to  state  that  at  the  present  time  we  are  using  fifteen  {15)  of  your  Incubators  and  that  during 
the  seven  full  seasons  in  which  we  have  used  your  machines  we  have  had  uniformly  excellent  results.  We  have 
never  spoilt  a  hatch  with  your  incubators  and  last  season  (1910)  had  such  good  hatches  that  the  very  fact 
the  hatches  were  so  good  so  crowded  the  incubators  that  we  had  to  remove  some  of  the  chicks  lest  some  might  be 
smothered.  Not  only  were  the  hatches  good,  but  the  quality  of  the  chicks  was  such  that  they  were  readily 
raised  and  today  we  have  one  of  the  finest  flocks  we  have  ever  had  on  the  place.  In  the  near  future  we  hope  to 
install  a  Mammoth  Incubator  and  you  may  be  sure  yours  will  first  of  all  be  examined. 

Not  only  have  your  Incubators  given  us  perfect  saiisfaction,  but  all  other  goods  bought  from  you  we  have 
found  to  be  of  a  uniformly  high  standard.  Yours  verj-  truly, 

MAPLEWOOD  POULTRY  FARM, 

Henry  M.  Reeve,  Proprietor 

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Photographic  Views  of  Parle  Ridse  Poultry  and  Squab  Farm,  Park  Ridge,  III. 

"Does  Hatch  Practically  Every  Fertile  Egg" 

PARK  RIDGE  POULTRY  AND  SQUAB  FARM 

HENRY  HAMANN,  Manager 

Hatching  Eggs  Breeders  of  Breeding  Stock  for  Sale 

Day-Old  Chicks  White  Rocks,  White  Wyandottes,  S.  C.  White  Leghorns,  Also,  Homer  Pigeons 

S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds,  and  S.  C.  Buff  Orpingtons 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.—  Park  Ridge,  III.,  December  12,  1911. 

I  believe  there  is  no  other  incubator  manufactured  that  can  compare  with  the  Cyphers  as  a  hatching 
machine.  Have  tried  several  other  makes,  but  they  were  comparative  failures.  I  could  not  afford  the 
loss  sustained  by  using  incubators  that  do  not  hatch  most  of  the  fertile  eggs.  After  we  adopted  the  Cyphers  we 
found  that  it  does  hatch  practically  every  fertile  egg,  bringing  out  strong,  healthy  chicks,  such  as  no  mother 
hen  could  excel.  There  is  not  the  least  trouble  in  operating  your  incubators.  I  operated  six  of  the  No.  3 
size  last  season  and  repeatedly  during  an  entire  hatch  there  was  not  a  bit  of  variation  in  the  temperature  from 
beginning  to  end.     /  hatched  about  7,000  chickens,  which  means  that  I  got  good  hatches — very  good  hatches. 

I  have  found  that  your  machines  will  hatch  95  to  98  per  cent, 
of  the  well-fertilized  eggs.  Am  going  to  use  nine  or  ten  of  your 
No.  3  incubators  this  coming  season  and  expect  to  hatch  upwards  of 
10,000  chicks.  Respectfully, 


</f^/v*/Uif^ 


Manager. 


Photographic  Views  of  F.  S.  Keith's  Poultry  Farm,  Easton,  Mass. 

'Have  Used  Cyphers  Incubators  Thirteen  Years' 


Imperial  Pekin  Ducks, 

Pekin  and  Indian  Runner  Ducklings, 

Chicks  and  Eggs — Eight  Varieties 


F.    S.    KEITH 


R.  and  S.  Rhode  Island  Reds 


Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Easton,  Mass.,  December  8,  1911. 

I  honestly  believe,  on  the  basis  of  long  experience,  that  the  Cyphers  Incubators  are  the  best  machines 
made,  for  hatching  both  ducks  and  chickens.  I  am  now  using  thirty-three  (33)  large-sized  Cyphers  and  this 
last  season  I  had  many  300-chick  hatches,  some  of  these  hatches  reaching  320  good,  strong,  healthy  chicks. 

With  duck  eggs  /  often  obtain  200  to  230  ducklings  from  300  eggs — in  one  case  taking  out  236  big,  husky 
ducklings  from  one  of  my  hatches.  I  ship  these  chicks  and  ducklings  all  over  the  country,  besides  raising  a  great 
many  myself.  All  my  customers  were  pleased  and  had  good  success  raising  the  day-old  chicks  and  ducklings, 
thus  proving  that  they  were  properly  hatched.  Have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  thirteen  years.  Tried 
others,  but  they  could  not  duplicate  the  work  of  the  Cyphers. 

Yours  very  truly,  F,  S.  KEITH, 

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Photographic  Views  of  P.  &  M.  Poultry  Farm,  Sparks,  Nev, 

In  the  Dry  Air  of  Nevada 


M 


POULTRY    FARM 


Stock  and  Eggs  for  Sale  in  Season 


P.    AND 
Single  Comb  White  Leghorns  Our  Specialty 
Other  Popular  Varieties 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Sparks,  Nevada,  August  2,  1910. 

All  of  the  new  machines  have  arrived  in  good  shape.  The  last  No.  3  machine  to  arrive  was  put  to  work 
without  delay  and  the  first  hatch  was  a  good  one — especially  for  the  very  dry  air  here  in  Nevada  in  the 
month  of  July.  The  hatch  came  off  July  16th,  giving  us  72  2-9  per  cent.,  which  would  be  a  good  hatch  in  this 
section  of  the  countrj'  at  the  height  of  the  hatching  season.  Enclosed  find  picture  of  our  new  incubator  cellar 
which  is  to  contain  fifteen  (15)  No.  3  Cyphers;  also  pictures  of  one  of  our  brooder  houses,  20  x  SO  feet  in 
size,  and  our  double-deck  laying  house,  capacity  3,500  hens,  one  of  the  largest  poultry  houses  in  America. 

We  intend  to  install  eleven  (11)  more  No.  3  Cyphers  Incubators  this  coming  fall.  All  of  your  machines 
have  given  us  the  best  results  of  any  we  have  tried.  We  never  get  less  than  60  per  cent.,  and  a  majority 
of  the  hatches  run  closer  to  85  per  cent.,  now  and  then  exceeding  this  high  per- 
centage. We  are  so  well  pleased  with  the  Cyphers  Incubators  that  in 
the  future  we  will  use  the  Cyphers  only. 

Yours  respectfully,  PEARCE  &  MACK,  Per 


Photographic  Views  of  Spaulding  Poultry  Farm.  W.  H.  Happersett,  Prop.,  Lyons, 


Spaulding  Poultry  Farm 


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Baby  Chicks 


Hatching  Eggs 


H.    HAPPERSETT,    Proprietor. 
46th  St.  and  Joliet  Road 
BREEDERS  OF  ROSE  COMB  RHODE  ISLAND  REDS 
"Winter  Laying  Strain" 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  ,  Lyons,  111.,  November  25,  1911. 

Last  season  we  hatched  and  sold  over  25,000  "Ruby  Red"  baby  chicks,  and  we  attribute  our  success  in 
this  work  to  the  use  of  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators.  Repeatedly  the  comment  has  been  "How  large,  fluffy 
and  strong  your  chicks  are."  We  are  working  harder  each  year  to  induce  our  customers  who  buy  hatching 
eggs  to  incubate  them  in  Cyphers  machines  on  account  of  obtaining  better  results,  both  in  number  of  chicks 
hatched  and  in  quality.  This  is  a  matter  of  vital  importance  to  us,  because  we  guarantee  to  replace  all  infertile 
eggs  sold  for  hatching. 

We  are  enlarging  our  incubator  cellar  so  as  to  increase  our  hatching  capacity  to  10,000  eggs  at  one  hatching 

for  the  coming  season,  using  your  No.  3  machines  exclusively.     We  never  think  of  getting  up  nights  to 

watch  the  Cyphers  Incubators.     We  are  also  using  your  Sealed-bag  Chick  Food  with  fine  success.     No  more 

cheap  chick  foods  for  us.     Since  we  came  to  this  decision  we  have  had  absolutelv  no  trouble  with  white  diarrhoea. 

Yours  very  truly,  SPAULDING  POULTRY  FARM, 

W.  H.  Happersett,  Prop. 


** Cyphers  Incubators  Do  Work  Satisfactorily  in  Colorado'* 

THE    BEAR    CREEK    POULTRY    COMPANY 
C.  J.  COOPER,  President  Milk  Fed  and  Dry  Picked  Broilers  Our  Specialty  J.  RYLANDS,  Manager 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.   Y. —  Denver,  (Fort  Logan,)  Colo.,  September  20,  1911_. 

Believing  you  will  be  interested  to  know  our  results  with  j'our  Incubators,  as  Colorado  has  the  reputation 
of  small  hatches,  I  want  to  tell  vou  how  our  hatches  came  off  the  past  season. 

During  the  early  part  of  this  year  we  operated  twenty-three  (23)  of  your  244-egg  machines,  hatching 
a  little  over  17,000  chickens.  We  succeeded  in  hatching  a  little  more  than  60  per  cent,  of  all  the  eggs  put  in 
the  incubators.  I  do  not  know  the  exact  number  of  non-fertile  eggs,  but  we  hatched  approximately  85  per  cent, 
of  all  fertile  eggs  set.  So  you  see  that  the  Cyphers  Incubators  do  the  work  very  satisfactorily  in  Colorado 
if  they  receive  the  proper  attention.  Yours  very  truly,  C.  J.   COOPER,  President. 


Photographic  Views  on  Bear  Creek  Poultry  Farm,  Den 


Using  Fifty  Cyphers  Brooders 


STRAFFORD     POULTRY     FARM 

HENRY  D.  RILEY,  Proprietor 

BREEDER  OF  PRIZE-WINNING  BARRED  PLYMOUTH  ROCKS 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Strafford,  Pa.,  December  13,  1911. 

Being  a  firm  believer  in  all  your  methods  for  the  advancement  of  the  poultry  industry  and  your 
fair  and  square  way  of  always  doing  business,  I  feel  that  I  would  like  to  write  and  at  least  let  you  know  how  you 
have  helped  me. 

Five  years  ago  I  equipped  my  plant  entirely  with  goods  of  your  make  and  I  have  never  had  cause  to 
regret  it.  I  have  ten  (10)  of  your  No.  3  Incubators,  and  about  fifty  (50)  of  your  Style  A  Outdoor  Brooders,  and 
they  have  given  me  entire  satisfaction.  I  think  I  can  truthfully  say  that  the  Cyphers  Incubator  Company 
has  been  a  big  help  to  me  in  gaining  the  reputation  that  I  think  I  now  have.  It  is  always  a  pleasure  to  recom- 
mend your  Company  and  your  goods  to  my  friends  and  customers.  Yours  very  truly, 

HENRY  D.  RILEY. 


Photographic  Views  of  Strafford  Poultry  Farm,  Strafford,  Pa.      The  left  view  shows  the  Incubator  Cellar  equipped  with  10  No.  3 

Standard  Cyphers  Incubators.     The  right-hand  picture  is  a  partial  view  of  the  Brooder  House 

furnished  with  Cyphers  Brooders. 


"Because  They  Outhatched  Other  Makes' 

MONMOUTH    POULTRY     FARMS 


J.  COURTNEY  PUNDERFORD,  Ow 


EGBERT  WILSON,  Jr.,  Supt. 


Breeders,  Exhibitors  and  Exporters  of 
utli  Strain"  S.  C.  Buff  and  Wliite  Legfiorns 
Extiibition  Birds  Always  In  Stock 


Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Freneau,  N.  J.,  August  24,  1911. 

For  the  past  eight  years  I  have  been  using  your  Incubators  and  Brooder  House  Sj-stem  with  the  most 
gratifying  results.  Since  1905  have  operated  Cyphers  Incubators  exclusively  simply  because  they  out- 
hatched  all  other  makes  which  I  had  in  my  cellar.  During  the  last  five  years  three-fourths  of  my  New  York 
and  other  prize  winners  have  been  hatched  in  your  incubators. 

Your  incubators  are  practically  self-ventilating  and  self-regulating.  They  are  indeed  easy  to  operate 
and  I  can  heartily  recommend  them  to  the  fancier  as  well  as  to  the  beginner.  Your  brooding  system, 
to  my  way  of  thinking,  is  without  an  equal.  It  is  a  system  which 
any  one  with  commonsense  and  a  little  judgment  can  run  with  perfect 
satisfaction.  When  we  tell  you  that  last  season  our  loss  in  the  brooder 
house  did  not  quite  reach  8  per  cent,  you  can  Judge  for  yourself  the 
satisfaction  it  has  given.  Yours  very  truly, 


^^c^-^r-"- 


^"IIAIN  BROODER  HOUSE. 


Poultry  Farm,  Freneau.  N.  J. 


Peerless  Poultry  Farm 


Bred-To-Lay  Breeding  Stocli,  Day-Old  Chicks 
and  Hatching  Eggs  In  Season 


Fresh,  Sterile  Eggs  From  Nest  To  You,  Delivered 
Daily  By  Messenger 
Garnett,  Kas.,  November  17,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

We  use  nothing  else  but  Cyphers  Company  products  on  our  entire  plant.  We  use  Cyphers  Incuba- 
tors and  Adaptable  Hovers  exclusively  and  are  also  operating  two  (2)  of  your  four-section  Paradise  Brooders. 
Right  here  we  want  to  say  that  there  is  not  a  brooding  method  in  existence  today  that  compares  with 
the  Paradise  for  raising  chicks  to  four  weeks  old.  They  are  fool-proof,  time  and  labor-saving — certainly  a 
grand  success. 

We  earnestly  believe  that  our  success  has  been  due  to  the  fact  that  we  started  in  business  with 
dependable  equipment — the  best  goods  for  the  purpose.     Your  foods  are  all  right  or  we  would  not  continue 
to  use  them  and  we  use  large  quantities,  as  your  records  will  show.     We  cheerfully  recommend  Cyphers  Incu- 
bators—^in  fact  all  your  goods  to  any  one  who  is  in  the  market  for  this  class  of  merchandise. 
Yours  very  truly,  PEERLESS  POULTRY  FARM, 

Fred.  P.  Spraul,  Manager. 

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Yardley  Duck  Farm,  W.  H.  McCormick  &  Son,  Proprietors,  Yardley,  Pa. 

Using  104  Cyphers  Incubators— " Best  Ever  Used" 

YARDLEY    DUCK    FARM 
Imperial  Pekin  Ducks  JOHN  C.  McCORMICK,  Proprietor  Eggs  and  Stock  in  Season 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.—  Yardley,  Pa.,  December  13,  1911. 

We  have  nothing  that  we  can  add  to  our  report  of  September  1,  1908,  on  the  value  of  your  Incubators. 
We  still  hold  to  the  opinion  that  they  are  the  best  machines  we  have  ever  used. 

As  you  know  we  are  operating  one  hundred  and  four  (104)  Cyphers  Incubators.  With  these  machines 
we  have  hatched  as  high  as  235  duckUngs  to  a  machine.  We  have  found  them  to  do  equally  good  work  in 
hatching  chicks,  averaging  about  200  chicks  to  a  machine.  These  machines  produce  good,  strong  chicks 
and  ducklings  and  the  losses  are  low.  Yours  very  truly, 

JOHN  C.  McCORMICK. 


Views  on  Wilson's  Poultry  Farm,  Hollis,  N.  H. 

Chicks  From  40,000  Eggs  Fine  and  Large 

VvHLSON'S    POULTRY    FARM 

HENRY  A.  WILSON,  Proprietor 
WHITE  PLYMOUTH  ROCKS  STRICTLY  FRESH  EGGS  INCUBATOR  CHICKS 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y—  Hollis,  N.  H.,  October  27,  1910. 

It  affords  me  pleasure  to  state  that  the  thirteen  (13)  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  used  by  me  gave  the 
same  good  results  last  season  as  in  former  years.  The  chicks  I  hatched  the  past  spring  from  40,000  eggs 
placed  in  your  machines  after  January  1st,  1910,  proved  to  be  particularly  fine  and  large  and  gave  uniform 
satisfaction  in  my  own  hands  and  when  sold  as  day-old  chicks  to 
many  customers.  1  am  using  three  of  your  electric  regulators  and 
would  not  be  without  them,  as  they  save  coal  and  can  be  relied  on  to 
keep  an  even  temperature.  Yours  truly, 

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A  Photographic  Vie 


,500-Hen  Egg  Farm,  Mansfield,  Mass. 


Stock  and  Egg 


"Paid  Over  $400  for  Other  Makes" 

ELM    P  O  U  L  T  R  \-    FARM 

\VM.  S.  HARRIS,  Proprietor 

1,500  LAYERS  Incubator  Chicks  for  Sale 

Breeder  and  Exhibitor  of  Record-Laying  Strains  of  S.  and  R.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds 
Cyphers  Inaibator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.   Y.—  '         Mansfield,  Mass.,  November  24,  1911. 

/  have  had  twenty-five  years'  experience  with  several  makes  of  incubators  and  thus  far  have  found 
none  that  can.  equal  the  Cyphers.  Your  Incubator  was  a  success  the  first  time  I  tried  it  years  ago,  and  with 
the  continued  improvements  it  is  now  as  near  automatic  as  possible  in  a  device  of  this  kind.  Those  who  may 
be  in  doubt  as  to  what  incubator  to  buy  can  make  no  mistake  in  the  Cyphers.  For  >'ears  m>'  record- 
layers  and  prize  winners  have  been  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators. 

Your  Incubators  are  the  only  ones  I  am  now  using.  I  paid  over  $400  for  other  makes  and  gave  them  a 
thorough  trial.  The  Cyphers  side  by  side  with  the  other  makes  invariably  hatched  larger  percentages 
of  chickens  with  less  variation  in  temperature,  the  eggs  being  from  the  same  flocks  and  all  other  conditions 
ftcififfeguai,  aside  from  the  machines  themselves, 
investigation  with  the  insurance 
meets  with  their  approval.  Yours  truly, 


III   LciiiijcidLuie,   Lue  e^gb  ueiiig  iiuni  Liie  same  uulks  unu  uu  uiner  conaiiioni 
ichines  themselves.     Lastly,  I  found  on         ^o  ^  ^ 

people  that  your  safety  attachment      Li^^h^^'^/^:P'r        ^<!^^-7^  *^ 

Yours  truly,  -^  ^  <-<-^ ^    r:^  ^t^^iyl-'t-t^ 


Photographic  Views  of  Parkside  Poultry  Farm,  N.  P.  Easling,  Proprietor,  Pekin,  III. 

Largest  Egg  Farm  In  the  Middle  West 

P.\RKSIDE    POULTRY    F.\RM 


240.000  Market  Eggs  Sold  Annually 


N.  P.  EASLING,  Proprietor 
SISIGLE  COMB  WHITE  LEGHORNS  EXCLUSI\-ELV 
Capacity,  1,500  Laving  Stock 
10,000  Chicks  Hatched  Yearly 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  V.—  Pekin,  III.,  December  11,  1911. 

.  During  the  past  season  I  operated  eight  (S)  of  your  244-egg  Incubators,  ivith  uniform  success.  Several 
of  tjiese  machines  are  ones  that  I  used  when  I  first  started  in  the  poultry  business  over  six  years  ago  and  during 
the  past  season  these  machines  hatched  as  good  as  during  the  first  years  I  owned  them.  /  do  not  see  how  the 
Cyphers  Incubators  can  be  improved  upon.  From  your  244-egg  machines  we  have  hatched  as  high  as  217 
chicks — practically  every  fertile  egg.  Many  other  hatches  have  been  around  the  200  mark.  Do  not  believe 
that  during  tlie  entire  season  we  had  a  hatch  come  off  that  gave 
us  less  than  165  to  170  chicks.  All  you  have 
Incubator  is  to  have  eggs  that  are  good  and  fertile. 
will  do  the  rest.  /  recommend  Cyphers  Incubators 
customers. 


ner  naccnes  na\'e  ueen  aruuiiu  Liie  ^vv  iiictiiv.  ^u  iiui  ukiikuk 
h  come  off  that  gave  §  . 

!  to  do  with  a  Cyphers  ^Q        g^         U     ' 

ertile.  The  machines  /Vf  .^/  £-].  >1  )i ^  .  .  ^  « 
cubators  to  all  my  /l  ^</  C^^^^^^^'^^'^M^ 
Yours  %'ery  truly,  *■      •      *  aBBw^^^^  f^ 


Photographic  Views  of  Midway  Poultry  Yards.  Santa  Cruz,  Cal. 

"Hatched  Several  Thousand  Chickens' 


MIDWAY    POULTRY    YARDS 


Hatching  Eggs  and    Steele 
Incubator  Chicks  in  Season 


Santa  Cruz,  Cal.,  October  21,  1911. 


Single  Comb  White,  Buff  and  Brown 
Leghorns  and  Buff  Orpingtons— White 
Leghorns  a  Specialty 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company.  Buffalo,  N.  Y.- 

I  wish  to  again  testify  to  the  efficiency  of  Cyphers  Incubators  and  your  Brooder  Heaters  after  another 
year's  experience  with  them.  Am  especially  pleased  with  the  Mammoth  Incubator  which  I  installed  last 
spring.  Your  Incubators  and  Brooding  devices  have  proved  to  be  the  best  on  the  market  and  I  am  glad  to 
advise  poultry  men  that  they  cannot  make  a  mistake  in  buying  and  using  your  goods.  "Buy  the  Cyphers  and 
only  the  Cyphers"  is  my  rule  for  success  after  having  tried  other  makes.  I  know  that  the  Cyphers  goods  are 
made  "upon  honor".  Have  found  this  out  by  personal  test — that 
is  why  I  write  with  such  emphasis.  Have  used  your  Incubators  and 
Brooders  to  hatch  and  raise  thousands  of  chicks  and  adult  fowls 
and  know  whereof  I  speak.  Yours  for  success, 


Photographic  Views  of  Peconic  Duck  Farm,  Riverhead,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 

"The  Cyphers  Has  Beaten  Them  AH" 

PECONIC    D  IT  C  K    FARM 

A.  B.  SOYARS,  Proprietor  Superior  Pekin  Ducks 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.—  Riverhead,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.,  September  11.  1910. 

After  operating  your  machines  for  four  years,  along  with  some  of  the  leading  makes  of  incubator=,  we  find 
the  Cyphers  has  beaten  them  all.  The  longer  I  use  the  Cyphers  the  better  hatches  I  get  out  of  them. 
We  kept  over  400  laying  ducks  this  year,  and  from  them  we  hatched  20,780  - 

strong,  healthy  ducklings,  which  is  proof  enough  of  what  the  Cyphers  Incubators  ^*-^  ^^       V 

are  doing  for  us.  L^ yiSi  ^ ^"^ CLJ-^ 

We  operate  thirty-seven  {37)  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators.  •?  «'  v  , 

Yours  truly, 

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Views  of  Crystal  Spring  Poultry  Farm.  Rocliland,  Mass, 

The  Opinion  of  An  Elxpert 

Hot  Water  Brooder  Systems  Installed  r'T?VQ'rAT       Q'PPTVr^      pnTTTTPV     fAPl\yT  Electric  Heat  Regulators,  Piping 

Caponizing  a  Specialty  CKYblAL     brKilNlj     rUULlKY     i<AKM  and  Light  Machine  Work 

HENRY  D,  SMITH,  Proprietor 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Bujfalo,  N.  Y. —  Rockland,  Mass.,  November  30,  1911. 

In  the  early  part  of  February  I  received  an  up-to-date  No.  3  Cyphers  Incubator  from  you.  One  very  cold 
day  I  took  it  out  of  the  crate,  set  it  up  in  a  room  with  three  others  and  in  two  and  one-half  hours  from  the 
time  I  lit  the  match  it  was  up  to  103  degrees.  The  hatches  have  been  on  an  average  with  other  eleven  (11) 
No.  3  machines  of  your  make.  Speaking  of  out-of-season  hatching,  last  fall  five  of  these  machines  averaged 
241  chicks  out  of  400  eggs  set,  the  fertility  running  about  as  usual  for  fall  eggs.  From  one  machine  I  got  280 
chicks.  Last  August  I  put  400  eggs  in  a  No.  3  Cyphers,  tested  them  down  to  329  on  the  14th  day  and  got  283 
good,  strong  chicks.     Eggs  from  some  of  my  breeding  pens  hatched  as  high  as  92  per  cent .  of  all  the  eggs  set. 

Have  been  running  incubators  for  the  last  sixteen  years.  I  am  now  using  twelve  (12)  No.  3  Cyphers 
machines  and  they  are  giving  perfect  satisfaction.  I  recommend  their  use  to  every  one  I  meet  in  the  poultry 
business.  Yours  very  truly,         HENRY  D.  SMITH. 

Will  Put  in  More  of  Them 

WAUKESHA     EGG     FARM  Fancy  Table  Eggs 

BECHTNER  &  SON  CO.,  Proprietors  Stock  For  Sale 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Waukesha,  Wis.,  August  9,  1910. 

We  have  been  using  Cyphers  Incubators  with  fine  success  over  three  seasons.  Now  have  in  use  twelve 
(12)  of  these  machines  of  the  390-egg  size  and  are  going  to  put  in  more  of  them  next  spring. 

Cyphers  Incubators  are  well  designed  and  durably  constructed.  We  believe  them  to  be  the  best 
•  in  the  market.     The  Cyphers  is  worth  the  price  charged  for  it  and  no  one  can  go^  SP}jp_^,J^  ^J'^H}!}?.  *l}f^' 

Yours  truly, 


BECHTNER  &  SON  CO. 


Views  of  Waukesha  Egg  Farm,  Waukesha,  Wis. 
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Photographic  View  of  Oak  Ranch  Poultry  Farm,  W.  R.  Thomas.  Proprietor,  Petaluma,  Cal. 


'Avereige  to  Hatch  About  90  Per  Cent." 


W.  R.  THOMAS,  Proprieto 


OAK    RANCH 


S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORNS 


Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. —  Petaluma,  Cal.,  September  3,  1911. 

The  continued  use  of  the  Cyphers  Incubators  confirms  me  in  the  favorable  opinion  I  had  formed  of  them. 
At  present  I  have  nine  (9)  of  these  machines,  and  I  find  that  they  give  better  hatches  than  any  others  I 
have  ever  tried.  I  secure  uniformly  a  good  percentage  of  strong,  healthy  chicks  from  the  fertile  eggs.  I 
average  to  hatch  about  90  per  cent,  of  all  fertile  eggs  I  entrust  in 
your  machines.  Your  Incubators  are  simple  and  very  easy  to  C\n_  ''/") 
operate.  The  nursery  trays  are  a  very  great  convenience,  making  i/  /~,  ''\o  ' 
it  easy  to  remove  the  chicks  from  the  machine.    Yours  very  truly, 


"The  Only  Machine  Made  That  >Vill  Do  It" 

W.  H.  BENTLEY,  Proprietor  BENTLEY     OSTRICH     FARM       FEATHERS,   PLUMES,  BOAS,  ETC 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.—  San  Diego,  Cal.,  June  26,  1909. 

After  seven  years'  use  the  Ostrich  Egg  Incubator  I  bought  of  you  is  still  doing  first-class  work.  I 
so  far  this  year  hatched  92  per  cent,  of  the  fertile  eggs,  and  they  are  all  good,  strong  chicks.  The 
Cyphers  Incubator  is  the  only  one  made  that  will  do  so,  as  far  as  I  have  investigated,  and  I  have  tried 
a  great  many  makes.  I  spent  a  great  many  years  experimenting,  but  after  getting  a  Cyphers  I  found  that 
the  experimental  stage  was  over,  and  have  now  got  down  to  business  and  raise  more  chicksthan  all  my  com- 
petitors in  the  State,  all  because  of  your  machine.  If  I  had  to  give  up  the  Cyphers  I  would  give  up  the  business 
with  it.  Yours  very  truly,  W.  H.  BENTLEY. 


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it  unsafe  to  entrust  chicks  to  the  care  of  hens  out  of  doors. 
At  this  time  of  year  it  is  impossible  to  get  hold  of  enough 
broody  hens  to  do  the  hatching,  let  alone  using  them  in 
considerable  numbers  for  brooding  purposes. 

The  next  low-cost  plan  of  brooding  chicks  that  we 
have  to  consider  is  known  as  the  "fireless  brooder"  method 
— a  plan  that  originated  in  the  basket  behind  the  kitchen 
stove  and  that  has  been  carried  to  absurd  lengths  as  regards 
foolish  claims  made  for  it.  Little  chicks  will  stand  quite 
severe  weather,  provided   they  are  protected  from  wind, 


CHAPTER  Vn 

HOW  TO  BROOD  CHICKS  PROPERLY  AT  LOWEST  COST 

The  Hen-Method  Considered.  Its  Limitations.  The  "Fireless  Brooder" 
Plan  Unsafe  for  Winter  and  Early  Spring  Use.  Heated  Brooding  Quarters 
are  Necessary  for  the  Best  Results  in  Cold  and   Changeable  Weather 

(Copyright  January,  1912,  by  Cyphers  Incubator  Co., Buffalo,  N.  ¥.) 

G HICKS  covered  with  bagging  or  a  piece  of  old  carpet 
can  be  kept  with  safety  several  days  in  a  basket 
or  box  placed  behind  the  kitchen  stove.  And 
this  is  one  form  of  brooding,  though  a  crude  and  expensive 
one.     It  is  expensive  because  of  the  labor  involved. 

The  hen-method  of  brooding  chicks  might  seem  to 
be,  at  first  thought,  the  least  expensive.  All  that  is 
needed,  as  it  would  appear,  is  the  mother  hen  and  a  home- 
made brood  coop  shaped  like  an  inverted  letter  V,  or  just 
a  barrel  placed  on  its  side  with  a  few  stakes  driven  into 
the  ground  in  front  of  it  to  keep  the  hen  inside  and  allow 
the  chicks  to  pass  out  and  in. 

But  this  plan  also  is  expensive  when  we  come  to 
consider  it  from  a  business  point  of  view  and  compare  it 
with  other  methods. 

First,  is  the  work  involved — the  labor  required  to  care 
for  and  safeguard  one  hundred,  two  hundred  or  five  hundred 
chicks  entrusted  to  hens,  fifteen  or  such  a  matter  to  each  hen 

Second,  the  death  loss  is  certain  to  be  heavy  while 
the  hen  is  confined  and  cannot  defend  her  brood,  and  it 
is  likely  to  be  still  greater  when  she  is  allowed  to  lead  the 
chicks  about  in  the  wet  grass  or  far  afield  to  be  preyed 
upon  by  four-footed  enemies,  hawks,  etc. 

Third,  the  hen  has  a  monopoly  on  the  production  of  fer- 
tile or  "hatchable"  eggs — and  always  will  have  !  Not  only 
should  broody  hens  be  "broken  up,"  so  they  will  go  back  to 
laying,  the  hatching  to  be  done  by  incubators — especially  in 
the  early  part  of  the  hatching  season,  but  it  is  still  more 
costly  and  wasteful  to  use  her  for  brooding  purposes. 

This  old-fashioned  method — for  many  centuries  the 
only  way  known  to  man — uses  up  three  weeks  of  the  hen's 
time  in  hatching  the  eggs,  then  three  to  six  weeks  longer 
in  brooding  the  chicks.  Here  is  a  loss  of  six  to  nine  weeks 
— forty-two  to  sixty-three  days  during  which  the  hen 
should  have  produced  twenty-five  to  fifty  more  eggs  that 
could  be  eaten,  sold  or  incubated. 

Furthermore,  the  hen-method  of  brooding  chicks  is 
the  least  reliable  and  most  costly  at  the  very  time  when 
a  dependable  plan  for  brooding  the  chicks  is  most  needed 
— in  the  late  winter  and  early  spring.  First,  it  would  be 
impracticable  to  secure  enough  broody  hens  to  make  a 
commercial  success  of  this  plan  in  January,  February 
and  March;  second,  it  is  during  this  important  period 
that  the  weather  is  both  severe  and  changeable,  making 


FIRE-PROOF,  ADAPTABLE  HOVERS. 
One  or  more  of  these  AU-Metal,  Fire-proof  Brooding  Hovers 
can  be  used  in  almost  any  kind  of  a   Poultry  House  or  other 
Suitable  Enclosure. 


HOME-MADE  FIRELESS   BROODER. 
Can  be  made  out  of  a  Soap  Box.  with  or  without  a  Glass  Top. 
Chicks  prefer  a  lighted  interior. 

rain  and  snow,  and  have  a  handy  place  where  they  can 
get  warm  whenever  they  feel  the  need  of  it;  but  it  is  silly 
and  almost  criminal  to  advise  inexperienced  persons  to  en- 
trust newly-hatched  chicks  to  these  "cold  storage  brood- 
ers" in  winter  time  or  during  the  early  spring  when  the 
temperature  is  very  liable  to  drop  twenty  to  thirty  degrees 
in  as  many  hours. 

Let  it  be  granted  that  it  is  possible  to  stow  away 
twenty-five  to  fifty  little  chicks  in  a  fireless  brooder  and 
to  wrap  them  up  so  snugly  that  they  will  not  freeze  to 
death  nor  become  chilled — which  is  almost  as  fatal,  but 
is  this  a  practical  way  to  raise  chicks  in  any  considerable 
numbers  ?  Plainly,  it  is  not.  The  moment  they  are  let 
out  of  their  close  quarters  and  warm  nests,  the  trouble 
begins.  It  will  not  take  thirty  minutes  to  chill  them, 
and  of  course  they  do  not  know  enough  to  run  back  into 
the  fireless  brooder  all  at  the  same  time — which  is  neces- 
sary if  they  are  to  produce  enough  heat  from  their  own 
little  bodies  to  keep  one  another  from  freezing  or  chilling. 
Some  of  the  chicks  will  get  cold  sooner  than  others,  and  it 
is  ridiculous  to  claim  that  all  will  return  to  the  cold  brooder 
in  order  to  help  warm  and  save  the  lives  of  the  weaker  ones. 

Another  serious  drawback  to  the  fireless  brooder 
plan  of  brooding  little  chicks  in  cold  or  changeable  weather, 
is  the  question  of  proper  ventilation.  Fresh,  pure  air 
simply  must  be  admitted  to  the  brooding  and  sleeping 
quarters  of  the  chicks  and  it  should  be  done  in  a  manner 
that  will  not  result  in  drafts — by  some  method  that  will 
not  cause  the  chicks  to  crowd,  to  crawl  under  and  over 
one  another,  to  pile  up,  "sweat,"  and  trample  one  another 
to  death.  Chicks  in  a  brooder  that  begin  to  get  cold 
will  "mass  up"  by  crowding  under  and  over  one  another 
and  then  will  "sweat,"  from  a  condensation  of  their  moist 
breath,  and  in  this  condition  they  chill  very  readily.  Also 
unaer  these  conditions  they  are  quite  sure  to  trample 
and  smother  the  weaker  ones.  Poultrymen  who  have 
tried  this  fireless  brooder  plan  in  cold,  changeable  weather 
have  visited  the  chicks  in  the  early  morning  and  found 
every  one  of  them  dead. 


HOW    rO    BROOD   CHICKS   PROPERLY   AT   LOWEST   COST 


Coop, 

equipped  with  AIl-Metal.    Fire-proof,  Self-Regulating,  Adaptable 
Hover  for  brooding  the  chicks  in  cold  weather. 

Fireless  brooders  can  be  used  to  advantage  during 
warm  weather,  or  in  a  safely  heated  apartment.  It  is 
for  this  reason  that  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  manu- 
factures and  sells  them,  but  we  frankly  warn  all  readers 
of  these  lines  not  to  try  to  raise  valuable  newly-hatched 
chicks  by  this  plan  during  the  winter  time  or  in  the  early 
spring  when  changeable  weather  must  be  guarded  against. 

On  opposite  page  is  shown  an  illustration  of  a  home- 
made fireless  brooder — on'e  that  any  person  who  is  handy 
with  tools  can  rig  up  in  an  hour's  time.  A  sort  of  an  imitation 
hen  is  what  is  aimed  at — a  snug  place  made  by  suspending 
strips  of  heavy  cloth  of  soft  material  from  the  cover  of 
a  shallow  box,  cutting  a  4  x  4  inch  opening  in  the  side 
of  the  box,  three  inches  above  the  bottom,  for  the  chicks 
to  pass  out  and  in,  covering  this  exit  with  a  tin  or  wooden 
slide,  boring  a  dozen  or  more  small  holes  near  the  top 
of  the  box  for  ventilation,  then  covering  the  bottom  of 
the  box  three  inches  deep  with  soft,  fine  litter  such  as 
hay-mow  sweepings,  cut  clover  or  alfalfa,  or  short-cut 
straw  or  hay.  Planing  mill  shavings  will  do  fairly  well 
for  the  purpose. 

For  early  indoor  brooding,  where  the  poultry  raiser 
does  not  wish  to  go  to  the  expense  of  erecting  a  special 
poultry  house,  and  at  a  time  when  it  is  impractical  to  use 
outdoor  brooders,  there  is  no  better,  no  more  economical 
and  satisfactory  plan  for  raising  newly-hatched  chicks 
than  by  the  u.se  of  Paradise  Brooders — see  pages  84- 
90  inclusive,  especially  page  Sg.  Here  the  chicks  can 
be  kept  in  safety  and  under  complete  control,  until  they 
are  past  the  danger  point  or  until  ready  for  market  as 
broilers.  If  they  are  to  be  raised  to  maturity  as  layers 
or  for  use  as  breeding  stock,  they  should  be  shifted  to 
outdoor  brooders  or  to  more  roomy  quarters  when  they 
are  three  to  five  weeks  old. 

The  type  of  indoor  brooder.  Style  D  (see  page  67) 
is  unexcelled  as  an  individual  single  compartment  brooder 
for  indoor  use,  and  is  fire-proof,  each  one  bearing  the  official 
label  of  the  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters.  Many 
Cyphers  Company  customers  make  a  practice  of  buying 
the  Style  B,  three-apartment  outdoor  brooder  (see  page 
63),  and  using  it  indoors  up  to  March  ist  to  15th  and 
then  moving  it  out  of  doors,  chicks  and  all.  We  heartily 
recommend  this  plan  in  every  case  where  the  cost  of  the 
equipment  is  not  beyond  the  means  of  a  poultry  man  or 
woman.  These  brooders,  with  proper  care,  will  last  ten 
to  fifteen  years — and  they  do  the  work. 

For  both  indoor  and  outdoor  use  we  recommend  the 
Adaptable  Hover — a  device  that  can  be  used  in  many 
ways  and  that  has  no  equal  on  the  world's  markets  as 
an  all-metal,  fire-proof,  self-regulating  and  self-ventilating 
combination  heater  and  hover  for  brooding  purposes. 
The  heater  and  hover  apartments  are  the  "heart  and 
lungs"  of  a  successful  brooding  apparatus  for  chicks  and 
"ducklings,    and    this    Adaptable    Hover    is   as   automatic 


and  reliable  in  action  as  it  would  be  possible  to  obtain  in 
a  device  that  does  not  have  brains  of  its  own. 

For  one  method  of  using  the  Adaptable  Hover,  con- 
sult the  Ellis  plan,  see  pages  74  and  75.  For  both  indoor 
and  outdoor  use  we  ask  the  reader  to  consider  also  the 
idea  of  home-made  cases  to  consist  of  goods  boxes  or 
packing  cases.  For  examples,  see  pages  72  and  73. 
These  home-made  brooders,  like  our  factory  brooder. 
Style  B,  can  be  used  indoors  with  entire  safety  during 
cold  weather  and  then  can  be  moved  out  of  doors  as  the 
season   advances   or   after   a   cold   snap   is   ended. 

As  a  rule,  chicks  should  not  be  entrusted  in  brooders 
placed  out  of  doors  until  new  vegetation  appears.  In 
fact,  there  is  no  advantage  in  placing  chicks  outdoors 
until  the  ground  is  ready  for  planting  and  the  grass 
starts.  The  object  in  getting  them  outdoors  is  to  give 
them  freedom — a  chance  to  run  about  and  scratch  for 
part  of  their  food.  When  this  time  comes  a  home-made 
outdoor  brooder,  equipped  with  an  Adaptable  Hover, 
will  do  the  work  every  time — so  will  the  Style  B  or  Style 
C  brooders — see  pages  63  and  65. 

An  e-xcellent  plan  for  brooding  chicks  is  shown 
above.  Equipped  with  Adaptable  Hovers,  this  type  of 
colony  house,  and  the  style  of  portable  house  shown 
below,  furnish  safe  and  comfortable  quarters  for  newly 
hatched  chicks,  and  the  chicks  can  be  left  in  these  houses 
until  it  is  time  to  separate  the  sexes.  After  that  the  best 
of  the  pullets  can  still  be  left  in  these  same  quarters 
until  they  reach  maturity  or  until  it  is  desired  to  re- 
move them   to  the  laying  or  breeding  houses. 

No  better  plan  is  known  to  us  for  brooding  chicks 
successfully  than  by  the  use  of  these  colony  coops  and 
portable  houses,  each  equipped  with  a  fire-proof,  self- 
regulating  and  self-ventilating  Adaptable  Hover — unless 
the  poultry  raiser  is  in  a  position  to  erect  a  special  brood- 
ing house  to  be  equipped  with  individual  brooders,  with 
Adaptable  Hovers  or  with  a  hot-water  pipe  system,  thus 
going  into  the  business  on  a  large  scale.  Piano  or  organ 
boxes  can  be  made  to  answer  the  purpose  of  colony  coops, 
if  desired,  each  to  be  equipped  with  an  Adaptable  Hover, 
each  to  have  a  window,  the  cracks  to  be  battened  and  the 
interior   to   be  warmly  lined   with   building   paper. 

For  full  particulars  about  the  successful  brooding  of 
chicks  and  ducklings  in  brooding  houses  equipped  with 
the  hot-water  pipe  system,  send  for  a  free  copy  of  our 
booklet  treating  expressly  on  that  subject,  see  page  106. 


AI^O  SERVES  DOUBLE  PURPOSE. 
Self-Regulating.  Adaptable  Hover,  attached  to  Cyphers  O 
pany  6  x  6-foot  Portable  Poultry  House.        When    chicks 
large  enough,   the    Circular    Hover    is    removed    and    the  R( 
Board  and  Perch  put  back  in  place. 


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FOREMOST  POULTRY  BREEDERS 
OF  AMERKA  ^ 

SJSOMETHING  ABOUT  INDUSTRY  IN  WHICH  THEY  ARE  ENGAGED 
AND  A    FAIR  REPRESENTATION    OF    THE   MEN  THEMSEL^^-^ 


THE  POULTRY  INDUSTRY  as  it  exists  today  did  not  "just  happen."  On  the  contrary  it  has  been  the 
result  of  intelligent,  persistent,  skillful  work  performed  by  men  of  character  and  ability  who  saw  the 
possibilities  and  were  determined  to  reach  the  goal. 

The  original  jungle  fowl,  progenitor  of  the  present-day  domestic  hen  and  her  consort,  was  simply  a  wild 
bird  with  tough,  muscular  flesh  of  gamy  flavor — a  fowl  that  laid  perhaps  fifteen  to  thirty  eggs  per  year  Juring 
the  natural  hatching  season,  and  that  was  of  trifling  value  to  mankind. 

The  modern  world  has  poultry  breeders  of  different  lands  to  thank  for  bringing  about  a  wonderful  change 
in  the  nature,  habits  and  productiveness  of  the  jungle  wild  fowl. 

These  poultrymen,  by  scientific  methods,  by  improved  conditions,  have  transformed  the  tough,  stringy, 
coarse  meat  of  the  original  wild  fowl  into  tender,  finely-grained  flesh  of  palatable  flavor — into  the  prime  table 
poultry  of  today,  the  kind  that  we  all  like  to  buy  and  eat. 

Modern  poultry  breeders,  as  the  work  of  about  half  a  century,  have  changed  the  shape  of  domestic  fowls 
— have  added  greatly  to  the  desirable  meat  portions  of  poultry — have  given  us  broilers,  soft  roasters  and  capons 
that  "can  be  cut  with  a  fork,"  so  tender  is  the  flesh. 

Poultry  men  and  women  by  careful,  intelligent  selection  have  developed  the  egg-producing  power  of  bred- 
to-a-purpose  fowls  until  entire  flocks  now  average  ISO  to  200  eggs  within  a  year  and  individual  hens  of  several 
varieties  have  to  their  credit  records  of  225  to  275  eggs  laid  in  three  hundred  and  sixty-five  consecutive  days. 

The  same  men  and  women — at  one  time  spoken  of  in  derision  as  "chicken  fanciers" — have  created  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty  different  varieties  of  domestic  poultry — have  given  us  fowls  suited  to  every  purpose,  every  climate, 
every  practical  condition,  ranging  in  size  from  Bantams  that  weigh  only  22  ounces  each,  to  Mammoth  Bronze 
Turkeys  that  tip  the  scales  at  45  to  50  pounds. 

INDUSTRY  '^^^  Poultry  Industry  of  America  may  be  said  to  have  had  its  beginning  sixty  years  ago. 

Tc  TviriT^  r»T  r».  Prior  to  1850  the  "Dominickers"  or  Dominiques — forerunnersof  the  Barred  Plymouth  Rocks — 
IS  JNO  1  OLU:  were  the  most  popular  barn-yard  fowl  with  farmers  and  villagers.  Then  came  the  Shanghais, 
next  the  Brahmas,  then  the  Leghorns  and  the  French  breeds.  Still  later  came  the  Plymouth  Rocks  and  VVyan- 
dottes,  and  these  great  breeds  were  followed  by  the  Rhode  Island  Reds  and  Orpingtons,  "general  purpose"  breeds 
that  today  are  unexcelled  as  combination  layers  and  table  fowl. 

The  Successful  Fancier,  now  known  more  generally  as  a  Poultry  Breeder,  because  of  the  increase  in  the  com- 
mercial value  of  his  work,  has  held  his  own,  first  to  last.  At  present  there  are  thousands  of  experienced  poultrj-- 
men  in  the  United  States  and  Canada  who  are  making  a  regular  business  of  breeding  standard-bred  fowls,  their 
annual  production  varying  from  small  flocks  to  thousands  of  birds. 

Prices  obtained  for  high-class  standard-bred  stock  range  from  one  dollar  to  one  hundred  dollars  per  head, 
with  bona-fide  sales  quite  often  reaching  such  figures  as  $200,  $300,  $500,  $800,  $1,000  and  even  $1,500  for  extra 
choice  breeding  stock  or  exhibition  specimens.     Similar  prices  now  prevail  in  England  also — for  exceptional  quality. 

Eggs  for  hatching  from  standard-bred  fowls  now  sell  freely  at  prices  that  would  have  been  declared  impossible 
twenty  or  thirty  years  ago.     Customary  prices  range  from  one  dollar  per  thirteen 
eggs  to  as  high  as  ten  dollars  per  egg.     One  prominent  poultrj-man  sold  5,944  eggs 
last  winter  and  spring  for  $11,888.00,  which  is  at  the  rate  of  two  dollars  per  egg. 

Quite  a  number  of  well-known  specialists  of  popular  varieties  are  now  being 
paid  one  dollar  to  five  dollars  each  for  hatching  eggs  from  their  choicest  speci- 
mens, and  are  having  to  refuse  orders,  the  demand  being  greater  than  the  supply. 

Day-old  chicks  now  sell  in  great  numbers  at  ten  cents  to  $5.00  apiece, 
according  to  quality.  Americans  learned  this  method  ten  or  twelve  years  ago 
from  Europe,  where  distances  are  short — yet  it  has  grown  by  leaps  and  bounds 
in  the  United  States,  despite  higher  express  charges  and  longer  hauls. 

The  American  Poultry  Association,  organized  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  February 
15,  1873,  now  in  its  thirty-eighth  year,  is  made  up  of  active,  progressive 
poultrymen  and  poultry  instructors  of  the  United  States  and  Canada — more 
than  three  thousand  in  number,  and  the  membership  at  present  is  increasing  at 
the  rate  of  several  hundred  each  year. 

The  Standard  of  Perfection  is  the  Official  Guide  in  the  United  States  and  . 
Canada  to  breeding,  mating  and  judging  thoroughbred  or  standard-bred 
domestic  fowls,  one  hundred  and  thirty  varieties  of  which  are  illustrated  and 
minutely  described  in  its  pages,  including  chickens,  turkeys,  ducks  and  geese. 

In  this  connection  special  attention  is  called  to  the  substantial  appearance 
of  the  men  whose  portraits  are  shown  on  the  ten  or  twelve  pages  next  following. 

These  men  are  fairly  representative  of  the  class  of  citizens  in  the  LInited 
States  and  Canada  now  engaged  in  the  production  of  Standard-bred  fowls. 

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OWEN    FARMS 

WM    R  VRRY  OWEN,  Proprietor  MAURICE  F.  DELANO,  Manager 

BREEDERS  OF 

WHITE,  BLACK  AND  BUFF  ORPINGTONS,  WHITE,  BARRED  AND  BUFF  PLYMOUTH  ROCKS, 

WHITE  WYANDOTTES,  S.  AND  R.  C.  RHODE  ISLAND  REDS 

Vineyard  Haven,  Mass.,  November  14,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

It  gives  us  great  pleasure  to  send  you  our  hearty  endorsement 
of  your  goods.  For  a  period  of  several  years  we  have  used  your 
incubators,  brooders  and  various  poultry  supplies  consisting  of 
chick  foods,  beef  scrap,  alfalfa,  insecticides,  disinfectants  and  vari- 
ous appliances  with  uniformly  good  results  and  therefore  we  can 
heartily  recommend  them  to  large  and  small  users  of  same  as  the 
best  on  the  market. 

Hundreds  of  grand  exhibition  and  breeding  birds  have 
been  hatched  by  us  in  your  machines,  including  many  of  the 
great  national  winners.  Cyphers  Incubators  have  distanced  all 
other  makes  tested  by  the  writer  during  the  last  thirteen  years. 

Our  business  here  has  developed 
into  such  large  proportions  that  we 
shall  use  more  of  your  goods  in 
future  than  we  have  ever  used  before,  as  people  all  over  the 
country  have  come  to  appreciate  the  fact  that  our  flocks  in  our 
various  varieties  are  the  leaders,  both  from  the  exhibition  and  the 
utility  standpoint. 

With  cordial  wishes  that  the 
sea.son  of  1911-1912  will  be  the  most 
prosperous  that  you  have  ever  had, 
we  are, 

Very  truly  yours, 

OWEN   FARMS, 


Photosraphic  views  herewith 
show  only  a  small  part  of  the 
great  Owlti  Farms — the  largest 
standard-bred  poultry  establish- 
ment in  the  world.  At  the 
New  York  and  Boston  shows 
(1909-19 10)  Owen  Farms  won 
151  reqular  prizes  on  Barred 
and    White    Plymouth    Rocks 


\\  hite  Wj  andottes,  and  White, 
Buff  and  Black  Orpingtons  in 
\cry  strong  competition,  a 
record  never  before  equalled  at 


Afa 


Kellerstrass  Poultry  Farm 


ORIGINATORS  OF 

SINGLE  COMB  CRYSTAL  WHITE  ORPINGTONS 

The  Big  Winter  Layers  Breed  Only  The  One  Kind 

First  Prize  Three  Years  in  Succession  at  Madison  Square  Garden, 

New  York.     First  Prize  Two  Years  in  Succession  at 

Crystal    Palace   Show,   London,    England 

Export  Orders  Solicited  and  Safe  Arrival  Guaranteed 

Stock  for  Sale — Eggs  in  Season  Send  for  Catalogue 

Kansas  City,  Mo.,  U.  S.  A.,  September  13,  191L 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 
Ki  nest  Kellerstrass,  Founder.  We  use  nothing  but  Cyphers  Incubators  for  hatching  Crystal 

White  Orpingtons  on  Kellerstrass  Poultry  Farm  and  our  finest  birds  are  hatched  in  them. 
The  First  Prize  cockerel  that  created  such  a  sensation  at  Madison  Square  Garden  last 
winter,  winning  the  blue  ribbon  over  all  American  and  English  birds  in  competition,  ivas  hatched 
in  a  Cyphers  Incubator  on  Kellerstrass  Farm,  May  10,  1910.  The  five  birds  from  which  we 
sold  eggs  at  $10.00  each  last  season  were  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators.  The  little  hen 
that  reproduced  herself  by  laying  her  own  eggs  and  hatching  nine  chicks  therefrom  when  less 
than  6  months  old  was  also  hatched  in  a  Cyphers  Incubator,  as  well  as  her  mother. 

Can  report  also  that  more  than  90  per  cent,  of  the  320  White  Orpington  hens  from  which 
we  ■iold  during  the  spring  of  1911,  5,944  eggs  at  $2.00  per  egg  for  $11,888.00  were  hatched  in 
Cyphers  Incubators. 

The  famous  hen  "Peggy"  which  we  valued  at  $10,000.00  and  would  not  have  sold  for  a  less  sum, 
ivas  hatched  in  one  of  your  Incubators,  also  the  five  White  Orpingtons  that  we  sold  to  Madam 
Padcrewski,  for  $7,500  cash  in  hand. 

We  use  no  other  make  of  incubator  on  this  farm  and  we  cannot  afford  to  waste  the  time  of 
hens  acting  as  sitters  and  brooding  mothers;  therefore,  every  chick  hatched  on  Kellerstrass 
Farm  is  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators. 
Thanking  you  for  past  favors,  we  remain. 

Yours  truly, 


Kellerstrass  Poultry  Farm 
for  the  year  ending  June  30. 
1910,  sold  more  than  $44,149.56 
worth  of  White  Orpington  fowls 
and  eggs,  and  made  a  profit  of 
$22,645.39.  For  every  bird 
that  left  the  farm  during  the 
year  an  average  price  of  $20.68 
was  received,  and  for  all  eggs 
sold  the  average  price  obtained 
was  $.99,?-^  each.  Five  birds 
shown  herewith  are  the  ones 
from  which  Mr.  Kellerstrass 
sold  eggs  at  $io.co  each  or 
$150  per  sitting. 


Winners  in  the  South 

FISHELTON 

V  The  Best  in  the  World"  The  Home  of  Fishel's  U.  R.  FISHEL.  Originator 

WHITE    PLYMOUTH     ROCKS 
Hope,  Ind.,  December  22,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

My  winners  at  the  Great  Appalachian  Exposition,  Knoxville, 
||         Tenn.,   September   25-30,    1911,    were  all  hatched  in   Cyphers 
I         Incubators  and  reared  in  Cyphers  Brooders,  and  their  ances- 
tors for  ten  years  back  were  so  hatched  and  reared.     At  this 
great  exhibition,  in  strong  competition,  my  Cyphers-Hatched  and 
Cyphers- Reared  White  Plymouth  Roclcs  won:  1,  2,  3  and  4  cocks; 
1,  2,  3,  4  and  5  cockerels;  1,  2,  3,  4  and  5  pullets;  1,  2  and  3  pens, 
and  the  SIOO.OO  Appalachian  Silver  cup  for  largest  and  best  display. 
I  would  state  in  addition  that  we  hatched  and  reared  some- 
thing like  foiir  thousand  birds  last  season  by  the  use  of 
Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders  and  never  before  had  as 
strong  chicks  as  we  have  this  year.    In  selecting  out  our  breeders 
for  this  season  of  1912  we  have  found  the  birds  large,  strong  and 

vigorous.  Our  personal  experience  with  your  Incubators  and  Brooders  is  absolute  proof, 
reaching  back  through  a  period  of  ten  years,  that  by  the  use  of  Cyphers  Incubators  and 
Brooders  as  fine  fowls  can  be  produced  year  after  year  as  by  the  hen  method — and  at  very  much 
less  expense.  You  are  at  liberty  to  use  this  report  as  a  testimonial. 
Very  respectfully  yours. 


U.  R.  FISHEL 


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a.    R.   FISHEL.  Originator 


"  The  Best  in  the  World  " 


Winners  in  the   Eetst 

FISHELTON 

The  Home  of  Fishel's 
WHITE    PLYMOUTH    ROCKS 

Hope,  Ind.,  October  20,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

Have  just  arrived  home  from  the  Great  Hagerstown  Fair,  October  11-14,  where  is  held  every 
year  one  of  the  greatest  poultry  shows  in  America — the  entries  of  this  year  numbering 
nearly  7,000  birds. 

I  wish  to  write  you  of  my  success  in  winning  with  Fishelton  White  Rocks  hatched  this 
season  in  Cyphers  Incubators  and  reared  in  Cyphers  Brooders.  My  winnings  at  Hagers- 
town were:  First  and  third  cockerels,  first  pullet  and  first  breeding  pen  on  young  birds,  and  on 
old  birds  we  \von  first  and  second  cocks,  first  and  fifth  hens  and  second  pen,  together  with  many 


Every  one  of  these  prize  winners  was  hatched  by  me  in  Cyphers  Incubators,  and 

the  same  is  true  with  but  very  few  exceptions  of  all  prize  winning  birds  exhibited  and  sold  by  me 
during  the  last  ten  years.      You  may  publish  this  fact,  and  welcome.  ^  ^^ 

Very  truly  yours.  ^ /^gCk^ 


FOREMOST    AMERICAN    POULTRY    BREEDERS 

— ■- -n  "EVERY  YEAR  HUNDREDS  OF  PRIZE-WINNERS" 

■\    1 1  Arthur  G.  Duston,  South  Framingham,  Mass.,  White  Wyandotte 

Specialist: — "Have  been  a  continual  user  of  your  machines  since  1898  and 
have  sold  every  year  hundreds  oj  pv iu-winner s  that  have  been  hatched  from 
them  With  me  it  is  a  repetition  to  tell  of  the  good  features  of  Cyphers  Incu- 
bators but  to  those  who  have  never  heard  my  opinion  /  mits(  earnestly  caution 
beginners  m  the  poultry  business  to  make  no  mistake.  If  you  want  large, 
healthy  chicks  and  lots  of  them,  use  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators." — Novem- 


ber ( 


1911 


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*'$20  SITTING  OF  BEST  EGGS" 
Aug     D.    Arnold,    DUlsburg,    Pa.,    White   Orpington   Specialist:— 

I  know  from  personal  experience  that  the  improved  Cyphers  Incubator 
as  arrived  very  near  the  perfection  point.  One  of  my  neighbors  placed  a  $20 
bitting  of  our  best  eggs  in  his  Cyphers  Incubator,  which  I  consider  very  strong 
his  great  faith  in  the  reliability  of  your  machines  after  he  had  hatched 
peatedly." — August  3.  1910. 


TWENTY-NINE  YEARS*  EXPERIENCE" 
E  L  Miles,  Sag  Harbor,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.,  Barred  Plymouth  Rock  Speci- 
alist —  /k  my  twenty-nine  years'  experience  as  a  poultryman,  have  never  known 
of  a  bettei  Incubator  than  the  Standard  Cyphers.  Have  used  your  Brooders 
for  some  years  and  succeed  in  raising  practically  every  raisable  chick,  ynany 
prize-winners  being  among  the  number.  Am  also  using  your  Chick  Food  and 
Developmg  Food  with  splendid  results." — November  10.  1911. 


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'RIBBONS  AS  WELL  AS  EGGS" 
Dunham  &  White,  Nichols,  N.  Y.,  S.  G.  White  Leghorns:— "The 

birds  shown  in  photograph  herewith  were  hatclied  in  your  Incubators  and 
reared  in  Cyphers  Brooders.  The  quality  speaks  for  itself.  We  always 
get  our  share  of  ribbons  as  -well  as  eggs," — October  25.  1910. 


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"AT  ASHEVILLE,  CHARLOTTE,  KNOXVILLE,  ETC." 
J    P    Swift  &  Son,  Waynesville,  N.  C,  White  Wyandottes,  Rhode 
Island  Reds,   White  and    Brown    Leghorns    and    BufE  Orpingtons: — 

We  ha-\e  been  using  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders /or  seven  years.  Our 
mcub  ttor  hatched  chicks  are  the  ones  that  win  for  us  the  blue  ribbons.  Our 
finest  birds,  including  many  prize  winners  at  Asheville,  Charlotte,  KnoxviUe, 
Tenn  etc.,  for  the  last  four  seasons  were  hatched  in  your  Incubators,  raised 
in  your  Brooders  and  fed  on  Cyphers  Foods." — November  6,  1911. 

"THE  FINEST  EXHIBITION  STOCK" 
Jos    B.   Young,  Irvington,  N.  J.,  White  Wyandotte  Specialist:— 

Everi  fowl  on  my  place,  including  the  finest  exhibition  stock,  was  hatched 
m  your  Incubators  and  raised  in  Cyphers  Brooders.  I  consider  your  Incu- 
bators and  Brooders  to  be  a  100  per  cent,  improvement  over  hen-hatching 
and  raismg.  //  it  were  not  for  these  conveniences  I  would  not  be  in  the  poultry 
business    —June  17,  1910. 


Mi 


"INCLUDING  MANY  PRIZE-WINNERS" 
Geo.  H.  Ilten,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  Barred  Plymouth  Rocks  and 
Mottled  Anconas: — "Have  tried  several  makes  of  incubators,  but  found 
nont  that  would  equal  yours  in  hatching  qualities.  We  have  hatched  thousands 
of  strong  Barred  Rocks  and  Anconas  in  Cyphers  Incubators,  including  many 
prize  winners." — June  5,  1910. 

"BETTER  RESULTS— MUCH  LESS  TROUBLE" 
Thos.  B.  Elliott,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Buff  Plymouth  Rock  Specialist: — 

"Have  been  a  fancier  nineteen  years  and  had  quite  a  little  experience  with  several 
makes  of  incubators  of  the  better  class,  but  three  years  ago  I  sold  all  I  had  except 
the  Ci  phers.  My  reason  for  doing  so  was  because  after  numerous  tests  I  found 
the  C>  phers  invariably  gave  me  better  results  with  much  less  trouble.  Have 
found  that  the  best  incubator  is  the  cheapest  every  time." — November  2,  1911. 


SOLD  ONE  CYPHERS  BIRD  FOR  $250 
Dr    C.  C.  Goodes,  MarCellus,  Mich.,  White  Orpington  SpeciaUst: 

—  I  use  Cyphers  Incubators  exclusively.  Some  of  our  machines  are  several 
years  old  but  they  continue  tO' do  satisfactory  work.  Sold  one  bird  for  $250  this 
season  that  was  hatched  in  a  Cyphers.  That  is  the  high  mark  for  this  part  of 
the  country.  Nearly  all  of  our  prize  winners  have  been  hatched  in  Cyphers 
Incubators." — November  9,  1911. 


Tnos.  n  EiLiorr 


OR.  c.  c.  goohes 


"STRONG  BELIEVER  IN  THE  HEN" 
J.  E.  Willmarth,  Amityville,  N.  Y.,  Buff  Wyandotte  Specialist:— 

n  using  Cyphers  Incubators  this  year  for  the  first  time  because  heretofore 
ave  been  a  strong  believer  in  the  hen  as  a  hatcher,  but  the  results  this  season 
h  your  Incubator  have  been  so  satisfactory  that  I  shall  continue  with 
le,  as  I  find  them  practically  automatic  in  regulation,  ventilation,  etc.  , 
they  hatch  just  as  good  chicks  as  hens,  with  far  less  trouble.  " — June  22, 1910, 

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FOREMOST    AMERICAN    POULTRY    BREEDERS 

"CHICKS  FROM  MY  BEST  MATINGS" 
A.  C.  Hawkins,  Lancaster,  Mass.,  Breeder  of  "America's  Best" 
Plymouth  Rocks  and  Wyandottes: — "Have  used  your  Incubators  and 
Brooders  with  good  success  and  have  always  found  your  Poultry  Supphes 
of  the  best  quality  and  reliable.  Chicks  from  my  best  matings  have  been  hatched 
in  Cyphers  Incubators,  winning  prizes  for  me  and  my  customers.  /  believe 
your  Company  always  gives  its  patrons  good  value  for  their  money." — Novem- 
ber 4,  1911. 

"PRACTICALLY  ALL  MY  WINNERS" 
F.  C.  Shepherd,  Toledo,  Ohio,  Buff  Plymouth  Rock  Speciahst  — 

"I  have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  exclusively  since  1899  and  have  ntitr  had 
whal  tnight  be  called  a  poor  hatch  with  them.  Have  repeatedly  obtained  90 
and  90Ji  per  cent,  hatches.  Practically  all  of  my  prize-winners  ha\e  been 
hatched  in  your  machines.  I  buy  practically  all  of  my  poultry  supphes  from 
you."— October  31,  1911. 


C    HMA^LNS 


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■HUNDREDS  OF  PRIZE  WINNERS" 
W.  W.  Kulp,  Pottstown,  Pa.,  Brown  Leghorns,  Barred  and  White 
Rocks,  White  Wyandottes  and  White  Leghorns: — 'Have  used  C\pher-, 
Incubators  and  Brooders  for  thirteen  years,  hatching  thousands  of  strong 
chicles,  including  hundreds  of  prize  winners — quite  a  number  of  them  at  jNIadi 
son  Square  Garden,  New  York.  Have  a  No.  1  Cyphers  thirteen  \ears  old 
that  is  just  as  good  as  the  day  I  bought  it,  while  two  machines  of  another 
leading  make  stand  unused,  because  age  put  them  out  of  commission  — Octo 
ber  30,  1911. 


F    C    SHEPHERD. 


1, 


W.  W    KULP 


"THE  TALK  OF  THE  SHOW" 
Thos.  F.  Burns,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  White  Orpington  Speci- 
alist:— "At  the  14th  annual  show  Pike's  Peak  Poultry  Association,  on  birds 
hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators,  raised  in  Cyphers  Brooders  and  fed  Cyphers  Chick 
Food,  I  won  as  follows:  1st,  2nd.  3rd  and  4th  pens,  1st  cock,  1st,  2nd  3rd  and 
4th  cockerels,  1st.  2nd,  3rd  and  4th  hens,  1st,  2nd,  3rd  and  4th  pullets  This 
display  was  the  talk  of  the  show.  Have  had  nothing  but  the  best  results  smce  I 
began  using  your  incubators  and  brooders." — October  31,   1911. 


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L.  L    H\G&IN 


E    M    MONSEi:S 


"SPLENDID  SUCCESS  WITH  THEM" 
Louis  Lee  Haggin,  Lexington,  Ky.,  White  Orpington  Specialist  — 

"I  have  used  on  my  plant  for  the  past  few  years  nothing  but  your  Incubators 
ajtd  have  had  splendid  success  with  Ihem.  I  have  tried  the  goods  of  other  poultry 
supply  manufacturers,  but  have  not  been  satisfied  with  any  of  them  My 
Brooder  house  has  proven  most  satisfactory,  heated  with  one  of  your  boilers. 
Have  found  it  extremely  valuable  and  reliable." — November  4,  1911 


"WOULD  HAVE  GIVEN  UP  BUSINESS" 
E.  M.  Monsees,  Beaman,  Mo.,  Rose  Comb  Rhode  Island  Reds  — 

"Have  used  your  machines  for  four  years  and  shall  continue  to  do  so,  also  to 
urge  others  to  do  the  same.  If  it  were  not  for  discovering  the  Cyphers  Incubator 
I  would  have  given  up  the  poultry  business.  I  tried  other  makes  claimed  to  be 
the  most  successful  machines  made,  but  they  could  not  hold  a  candle  to  the  Cy  Miets 
All  my  prize  ^vinners  are  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators,  because  they  produce 
stronger  chicks  and  more  of  them  than  any  other  incubator  I  ever  used  — 
November  1,  1911. 

"OWN  MANY  PRIZE-WINNING  BIRDS" 
Geo.  W.  Hey,  Raceville,  N.  Y.,  Black  Minorca  SpeciaUst:—  /  awn 

many  prize-winning  birds  that  have  been  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators  and 
raised  on  Cyphers  Poultry  Foods.  It  is  child's  play  to  run  a  Cyphers  Incubator 
as  they  are  so  automatic  and  easy  to  handle  and  can  be  regulated  to  perfection 
by  any  one.  They  are  self-ventilating  and  need  no  supplied  moisture  other 
than  that  furnished  the  egg  by  the  hen." — October  31,  1911. 


"HATCHED  ALL  MY  PRIZE  WINNERS" 
John  J.  Rowe,  Coal  Blufi,  Ind.,  S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds  and  Buff 
Orpingtons: — "My  winnings  last  season  -with  Cyphers  hatched  chicks  mcluded 
1st  S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Red  cockerel  at  Terre  Haute.  1st  cockerel.  1st  hen  and 
1st  pen  at  Brazil,  also  1st  hen,  1st  puUet  and  1st  pen  on  S.  C.  Buff  Orpmg- 
tons  at  Brazil — all  Cyphers  hatched.  Much  prefer  the  Cyphers  to  other  makes 
I  have  used.  The  past  two  seasons  hatched  all  my  prize 
your   incubators." — October  78,    1911. 


"YOUR  SEALED-BAG  POULTRY  FOODS" 
Wlble  Bros.,  Chanute.  Kansas,  White  Plymouth  Rocks  and  Whit* 
Wyandottes: — "We  have  been  using  your  sealed-bag  Poultry  Foods  and  gen 
eral  supplies  for  some  time  past,  and  with  them  have  been  able  to  prodiu 
uf  the  very  best  birds  that  have  been  shown  in  this  country.  Our  experience  has 
been  such  that  we  shall  continue  to  use  these  products,  and  we  hig/il}  rtcnm 
mend  them  to  enterprising  poultrymen." — November  7,  1911. 

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FOREMOST    AMERICAN    POULTRY    BREEDERS 

**SINGLE  AND  CHOICE  MATING  EGGS'^ 
Thos.  F.  Rigg,  Iowa  Falls,  Iowa,  Columbian  Wyandotte  Specialist: 

—  We  depend  wholly  upon  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders  to  hatch  and 
rear  our  chicks.  All  our  single  and  choice  mating  eggs  go  into  the  Cyphers  machines 
and  we  are  never  disappointed.  My  winners,  which  we  have  produced  for 
\ears  havt  all  been  so  hatched  and  have  been  reared  in  your  Brooders.  Our 
hatches  have  run  from  92  to  97  per  cent,  and  the  Cyphers  Brooders  are  perfect 
rearers    — November  3,  1911.  ^_^__ 

**WINNINGS  AT  NEW  YORK  AND  BOSTON'* 
D.  W.  Young,  Monroe,  N.  Y.,  White  Leghorn  Specialist:— "1  do 

not  hesitate  to  say,  for  publication,  that  the  good  work  of  your  incubators 
has  contributed  largely  to  my  notable  winnings  at  New  York  and  Boston  It 
took  us  several  years  to  become  reconciled  to  the  idea  of  entrusting  our  best  eggs 
to  mcubators.  but  we  know  we  can  do  this  with  safety  with  the  Cyphers 
Are  usmg  five  of  your  latest  pattern  machines  ajid  have  had  many  fine  hatches 
— some  of  them   truly   wonderful.'^ — November   23,    1911. 


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"HAVE  OBTAINED  PHENOMENAL  RESULTS" 
Lester  Tompkins,  Concord,  Mass.,  Rhode  Island  Red  Specialist 

—  Have  recommended  your  incubators  to  a  great  many  of  my  customers      In 
a  number  of  cases  that  I  know  o{  they  have  obtained  pheyiomenal  results  hatchmg 
a  \ery  high  percentage  of  chicks.     Your  Chick  Food  I  have  found  especialh 
valuable  and  I  am  convinced  that  the  Cyphers  Incubator  Hs  all  to  the  good 
—October  30,  19U.  

"HIGH  SCORING— BIG  LAYERS" 
E.  C.  Branch,  Lee's  Summit,  Mo.,  Breeder  of  Exhibition  Barred 
Plymouth  Rocks: — "Can  recommend  your  goods  from  start  to  finish  Ha\e 
used  your  incubators  for  years.  It  was  in  a  Cyphers  Incubator  that  Missouri 
Belle  (score  945/4-egg  record  237),  Anna  Belle  (93'-2-egg  record  201)  Mmme 
Belle  (93J'2-egg  record  211),  and  Verda  Belle  (93)2-egg  record  223)  were 
hatched,  as  well  as  a  number  of  other  hens  with  egg  records  of  200  and  o\er 
They  were  raised  on  Cyphers  Foods  from  start  to  finish." — November  1    1911 

"HATCHED  IN  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS" 
W.  N.  Betscher,  Canal  Dover,   Ohio,  Barred  Plymouth  Rocks  — 

"At  Cleveland.  January  28,  1911,  I  won  3rd  pullet  and  3rd  hen.  At  Canal 
Dover.  October  18,  1911,  I  won  1st.  2nd  cocks,  1st,  2nd  pullets,  1st  2nd  hens 
and  1st  and  2nd  cockerels — and  every  winner  was  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators 
That's  what  comes  when  you  breed  'quality' and  hatch  the  chicks  with  quality 
machines.     Cyphers  Incubators  stand  alone — unequalled." — November  13    1911 

"AND  FED  ON  CYPHERS  FOODS  " 
O.  J.  Austin,  Pana,  III.,  White  Wyandotte  Specialist  —  Have 
been  using  your  Incubators  for  five  years.  Tried  several  makes,  but  discarded 
them  all  for  the  Standard  Cyphers.  My  first-prize  White  Wyandotte  cockerel 
and  pullet,  also  first-prize  Light  Brahma  cockerel  and  pullet  at  Pana  Poultry 
Show,  January,  1910,  were  hatched  in  a  Cyphers  Incubator .^r cared  in  a  Cyphers 
Brooder  and  fed  on  Cyphers  Chick  Food."— August  6,  1910. 

"AT  LARGEST  AND  BEST  SHOWS" 
Geo.  H.  Rudy,  Mattoon,  III.,  White  Wyandotte  Specialist  — '  Ha%e 
been  using  your  Incubators,  Brooders  and  Supplies  exclusively  since  I  started 
in  the  poultrj'  business  six  years  ago,  and  during  this  time  I  have  probabb 
hatched  as  many  high-priced  birds  as  any  other  Wyandotte  specialty  breeder  in 
the  country — if  I  do  say  it  myself.  My  record  of  winnings  at  the  largest  and 
best  shows  will  confirm  this  statement.  All  my  finest  birds  have  been  hatched 
in  your  Incubators  and  raised  in  your  Brooders." — November  25,  1911 


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•HATCHED  MANY  A  PRIZE  WINNER" 
Geo.  M.  Benham,  Canandalgua,  N.  Y.,  Exhibition  and  Utility 
Barred  Plymouth  Rocks: — "  Have  hatched  many  a  prize  winner  from  my  old 
standby,  a  360-fgs  Cyphers  Incubator.  My  winners  at  the  New  York  State 
Fair,  1907,  at  the  Buffalo  shows,  1907  and  1909,  were  all  hatched  in  a  Cyphers 
except  one  pullet  that  won  second.  These  birds  in  their  infancy  were  fed  your 
Chick  Food.  Can  heartily  endorse  your  goods,  also  your  method  of  doing 
business." — June  3,  1910.  

'  'HATCHING  MANY  PRIZE  WINNERS" 
H.  W.  Halbach,  Waterford,  Wis.,  White  Plymouth  Rock  Specialist 

— "For  years  1  have  been  a  user  of  Cyphers  Incubators  and  have  alw 
the  best  of  success,  hatching  many  pri: 
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"SEEM  TO  IMPROVE  WITH  AGE" 
Chas.  C.  Fair,  Sharon,  Kansas,  White  Plymouth  Rock  Specialist: 

— "My  1st.  2nd,  3rd  and  4tli  cockerels  at  the  Kansas  State  Show  January, 
1911,  were  all  hatched  in  a  Cyphers  Incubator.  Cyphers  Incubators  seem  to 
improve  with  age.  Each  year  they  give  me  better  satisfaction.  Your  poultrj 
foods  are  first-class  and  I  would  not  do  without  them."— November  12    1911 

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FOREMOST    AMERICAN    POULTRY    BREEDERS 

"BETTER  WORK  THAN  TRUSTY  HENS" 
Edward  H.  Knapp  (Knapp  Bros.),  Fabius,  N.  Y.,  White  Wyandotte 
and  S.  C.  White  Leghorn  Specialists: — "Speaking  from  twenty-five  years' 
personal  experience  with  incnbalors,  I  do  not  see  how  the  Standard  Cyphers — 
latest  improved — can  be  further  improved  upon.  The  best  results  we  have 
ever  obtained  by  the  use  of  incubators,  both  in  numbers  and  quality  of  chicks 
have  been  by  the  use  of  your  machines.  For  us  they  have  done  better  work 
than  trusty  hens." — November  7,  1911. 

"TO  ANY  ONE,  EXPERT  OR  NOVICE" 
W.  S.  Russell,  Ottumwa,  Iowa,  Barred  Plymouth  Rock  Specialist: 

— "The  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator  has  been  used  by  me  during  the  past 
six  years,  and  I  have  always  found  it  to  be  non-moisture,  self-ventilating,  and 
the  regulator  is  the  best  I  have  ever  used.  Am  pleased  to  recommend  the  Cyphers 
to  any  one,  expert  or  novice,  who  wants  a  first-class  Incubator." — October  31,  1911. 


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"INTEND  TO  PUT  IN  TWO  MORE" 
C.  L.  Buschmann,  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Rhode  Island  Red  Specialist: 

— "We  have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  for'halching  many  of  our  best  eggs  and 
intend  to  put  in  two  more  of  these  machines  this  coming  season.  Have  found 
the  pedigree  trays  very  helpful  with  our  thoroughbred  stock.  Have  used 
many  of  your  goods  and  always  found  them  satisfactory.  The  word  "Cyphers," 
backed  by  your  trade  mark,  seems  to  stand  for  "the  best." — November  2,  1911. 

"LARGE  MAJORITY  OF  OUR  WINNERS" 
J.  C.  Punderford,  Freneau,  N.  J.,  S.  C.  White  and  Buff  Leghorns, 
White  and  Buff  Plymouth  Rocks: — "First  we  tested  five  of  your  Incuba- 
tors with  eleven  others  of  five  different  makes.  Your  machine  so  far  out-classed 
the  others,  both  as  to  number  and  strength  of  chicks  hatched,  that  threeyears 
ago  we  discarded  all  but  yours,  doing  so  strictly  as  a  business  proposition.  A 
large  majority  of  our  winners  at  New  York  and  other  shows  are  hatched  in 
Cyphers  Incubators.  We  are  now  installing  one  of  your  14,000-egg  Mammoth 
machines.  We  placed  our  order  for  this  big  machine  after  we  had  inspected 
other  Mammoths.  After  looking  into  every  detail  carefully  we  decided  that  the 
Cvphers  Mammoth  was  the  machine  to  which  we  could  pin  our  faith." — 

October  31,  1911.  

"OUR  MOST  VALUABLE  BIRDS" 
G.  A.  Clark,  Seymour,  Ind.,  Rose  Comb  Minorca  Specialist: — "We 
are  using  Cyphers  Incubators  exclusively  in  our  work.  Our  most  valuable 
birds  have  been  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators  and  raised  in  Cyphers  Brooders. 
Cockerel  that  won  the  American  Poultry  Association  medal  .at  .St.  Louis,  also 
"Perfection,"  our  First  Prize  Cock  at  Madison  Square  Garden,  New  York,  last 
winter,  were  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators.  We  trust  our  best  eggs  in  these 
machines  without  hesitation  and  heartily  recommend  them  to  other  poultry- 
men." — November  4,  1911. 


"CHICAGO,  INDIANAPOLIS,  CINCINNATI,  ETC." 
Edwin  R.  Cornish,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  Rhode  Island  Red  Speci- 
alist;— "Have  been  using  your  Incubators  and  Poultry  Foods  for  the  past 
sn>en  years.  Your  Incubators  have  always  proved  satisfactory.  Have  never 
had  a  really  bad  hatch  with  one  of  your  machines.  A  large  proportion  of  my 
prize-winners  at  Chicago,  Indianapolis,  Cincinnati,  Milwaukee,  Toledo,  Detroit, 
etc.,  the  past  several  years  have  been  hatched  in  your  Incubators  and  raised 
.  on  Cyphers  Company's  Foods." — June  4,  1910. 

"DURING  MY  THIRTEEN  YEARS'  EXPERIENCE" 
C.  S.  Byers,  Hazelrigg,  Ind.,  Buff,  Black  and  White  Orpingtons:— 

"During  my  thirteen  years'  experience  breeding  high-class  White,  BufE  and  Black 
Orpingtons,  have  found  that  no  other  incubators  have  proved  so  efficient  and 
durable  for  hatching  and  rearing  prize-winning  birds  by  artificial  means  as  the 
Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders.  Can  heartily  endorse  your  goods 
for  fancier  and  market  poultryman  aUke." — November  1,  1911. 

"SINCE  1898  WITH  UNIFORM  SUCCESS" 
Wilber  Bros.,  Per  A.  M.  Wilber,  Cleveland,  Tenn.,  White  Leghorn 

Specialist: — "We  have  been  using  Cyphers  Incubators,  Brooders,  Foods 
and  suppUes  since  1898  with  uniform  success  and  satisfaction.  We  give  Cyphers 
Incubators  and  Brooders — also  your  Sealed- Bag  Brand  Poultry  Foods — much 
credit  for  our  great  success  in  hatching  and  rearing  our  prize  winners  the  past 
ten  years  at  Charleston,  S,  C,  Charlotte,  S.  C.  Atlanta,  Ga.,  Louisville,  Ky., 
Nashville  and  Chattanooga,  Tenn.  Have  often  hatched  95  per  cent,  of  the 
fertile  eggs." — November  1,  1911. 


"HATCHED  IN  YOUR  INCUBATORS" 
Gage  &  Huston,  Williamsport,  Pa.,  Barred  Plymouth  Rocks,  S.  C. 
Buff  Leghorns: — "Each  year  finds  us  stronger  in  the  belief  that  the  Cyphers 
Incubators  and  Brooders  are  the  best  on  the  market.  Our  3rd  prize  Barred  Rock 
cockerel.  Rochester.  N.  Y.,  December,  1909,  and  5th  prize  cockerel  at  the 
Great  A.  P.  A.  Show,  Williamsport,  Pa.,  same  month,  also  our  1st  and  2d 
Buff  Leghorn  cocks  at  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  January,  1910,  and  1st  hen,  1st  cock, 
and  1st  pullet,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  December,  1909,  were  hatched  in  your  Incu- 
bators, reared  in  your  Brooders  and  fed  on  your  Foo<is,"=^November  5,  1911, 

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FOREMOST    AMERICAN    POULTRY    BREEDERS 


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"BEST  RINGLET  EGGS  IN  CYPHERS" 
,  Thompson,  Amenla,  N.  Y.,  Originator,  Ringle 


Barred  Ply- 
mouth Rocks: — "During  my  nearly  thirty  years'  experience  in  breeding  exhi 
bition  Ringlet  Barred  Rocks.  /  have  never  seen  or  used  the  equal  of  Cyphers 
Incubators  and  Brooders.  I  feel  safe  in  putting  my  best  Ringlet  eggs  in  the 
Cyphers,  whereas  I  would  not  trust  them  in  a  machine  in  which  1  did  not 
have  perfect  confidence.  Your  Incubator  runs  to  perfection  and  is  practically 
a  perfect  hatcher.  I  also  had  remarkable  success  with  your  Outdoor  Colonj 
Brooders.  I  put  41  Ringlet  Barred  Rock  chicks  in  one  of  these  brooderb  and 
raised  39  of  them  to  maturity." — November  22,  1911. 

"ALL  OF  THE  PRIZE  WINNERS" 
Chas.  V.  Keeler,  Winamac,  Ind.,  White  Wyandotte  Specialist  — 

"I  am  doubling  my  Incubator  and  Brooder  capacity  and  am  installing  nothing 
but  Cyphers  machines.  For  the  last  thirteen  years  I  have  used  your  Incubators 
and  found  them  entirely  satisfactory.  Had  tried  several  other  makes  but  -nith 
indifferent  results.  All  of  the  prize  winners  that  I  have  exhibited  and  furnished 
my  customers  the  last  eleven  years  in  America,  England.  South  Africa  etc 
have  been  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators  and  raised  in  Cyphers  Brooders    — 

November  10,  1911.  

"NEVER  HEARD  A  COMPLAINT" 
D.  T.  Heimlich,  Jacksonville,  111.,  Barred  and  White  Plymouth 
Rocks,  White  Wyandottes  and  S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds:— ■■Ha\e  recentlj 
bought  a  244-egg  Cyphers — which  tells  its  own  story.  /  always  speak  a  good 
word  for  Cyphers  Incubators  and  the  Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  because  I  know 
that  the  goods  and  the  company  are  all  right.  In  my  long  experience  as  a 
Poultry  Judge,  traveling  all  over  the  county,  /  have  never  heard  a  complaint 
agaiyist  your  Incubators." — November  4,  1911. 

"FOR  THE  PAST  ELEVEN  YEARS" 
J.  L.  Davis,  Grand  Junction,  Mich.,  S.  C.  White  Leghorn  Specialist 

— "We  have  used  your  incubators  and  brooders  for  the  past  eleven  yeais  and 
they  have  given  entire  satisfaction.  All  of  the  best  poultry  plants  in  this  vicinity 
use  Cyphers  machines  and  I  have  never  heard  of  a  single  complaint.  This  section 
of  Michigan,  the  fruit  belt,  is  rapidly  becoming  a  second  Petaluma  as  fruit 
and  poultry  work  well  together." — Decembers,  1911. 

"BY  FAR  THE  BEST  HATCHES" 
Dr.  I.  W.  Hall,  Camargo,  111.,  Barred  Plymouth  Rock  Specialist 

— "Have  used  three  other  makes  of  incubators.  Yours  gives  me  b\  far  the 
best  hatches.  Used  one  hot-water  machine,  but  with  disastrous  results,  hence 
discarded  it.  Am  using  your  Chick  Food,  Developing  Food,  Laying  Food 
and  high-protein  Beef  Scraps  with  excellent  results." — October  31,   1911. 

"FIRST-PRIZE  ORPINGTON  COCKERELS" 
Wm.  Cook  &  Sons  (by  P.  A.  Cook),  Scotch  Plains,  N.  J.,  Originators 
of  the  Orpington  Fowls: — "We  set  about  forty  hens  this  season  for  com- 
parison and  found  that  our  Cyphers  Incubators  hatched  a  bigger  percentage  of 
fertile  eggs  than  the  hens  did.  In  one  case  a  customer  in  California  purchased 
100  eggs  from  us,  put  them  in  one  of  your  machines  and  hatched  every  fertile 
cgs.  getting  87  chicks.  Our  first-prize  Madison  Square  Garden,  New  York, 
1909,  White  and  Black  Orpington  cockerels,  were  hatched  in  one  of  your  Incu- 
bators. " — November31,  1911.  

"RELIABLE  IN  EVERY  WAY" 
Herbert  J.  A.  Bodine,  Black  Rock,  Conn.,  White  Wyandotte  Speci- 
alist:— "Have  found  the  Cyphers  Incubator  reliable  in  every  way.  It  gives 
me  much  pleasure  to  endorse  Cyphers  Company  goods,  because  your  Incuba- 
tors and  Poultry  Supplies  have  given  me  entire  satisfaction,  and  I  never  fail  to 
recommend  them  to  my  friends." — October  31,  1911. 

"NEEDS  NO  EXCESS  MOISTURE" 
A.  J.  Stanbury,  Newport,  Tenn.,  S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Red  Specialist: 

— "Have  been  using  a  Cyphers  Incubator  for  two  years  and  it  has  given  entire 
satisfaction.  Have  found  it  very  little  trouble  to  operate,  as  it  is  self-regulating, 
self-ventilating  and  needs  no  e.xcess  moisture.      Have  hatched  fine  prize  birds 

in  your  machine."— June  21,  1910.  

"TURNING  OUT  PRIZE  WINNERS" 

J.  H.  Jackson,  Hudson,  Mass.,  White  Wyandotte  Specialist:— 
"I  am  using  Cyphers  Incubators  to  hatch  many  of  my  best  winners,  turning  out 
prize  winners  for  myself  and  for  my  customers.  Have  used  your  line  of  poultrj' 
supplies /or  many  years  and  they  have  given  satisfaction,  first  to  last." — Novem- 
ber 6,  1911.  

"SPECIALTY  OF  SHOW  BIRDS" 

Kemp  &  Waterman,   London,    Ont.,   Can.,   Exhibition  BuCf  and 


Black  Orpingtons  :- 

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FOREMOST    AMERICAN    POULTRY    BREEDERS 

"FOR  MYSELF  AND  MY  PATRONS" 
Wm.  F.  Brace,  Victor,  N.   Y.,  S.  C.  Brown  Leghorn  Specialist  — 

"Am  pleased  to  express  my  entire  satisfaction  with  the  Standard  Ciphers 
Incubators.  /  have  used  ihem  twelve  years  and  found  them  to  be  non-moislure 
and  self-ventilating.  The  chicks  hatched  in  your  machines  come  all  at  one 
time  and  are  fine  and  strong.  Have  hatched  hundreds  of  prize-winners  tn  them 
for  myself  and  my  patrons." — November  1.  1911. 

"HAVE  WON  HIGHEST  HONORS" 
W.  H.  Bushell,  David  City,  Neb.,  BufE  Orpington  SpedaUst:— "For 

twelve  years,  ever  since  we  began  breeding  our  prize  winning  breeds  of  Buff 
Orpingtons  all  our  chicks  have  been  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators.  They  have 
not  seen  a  mother  hen  in  all  that  time.  The  flock  comes  stronger  every  year 
and  the  egg  yield  is  fine.  Our  chicks  are  extra  strong  and  grow  well  with  small 
loss  in  the  brooders.  Have  repeatedly  won  highest  honors  on  Cyphers  hatched 
birds;  so  have  our  customers." — November  3,  1911. 


"IN  COMPARING  MY  RECORDS" 
W.  H.  Maxwell,  Topeka,  Kansas,  S.  C.  Buff  Orpington  Specialist  — 

"In  comparing  my  records  with  those  of  some  others  who  were  shipping  baby 
chicks  and  who  are  losing  many  in  transit,  I  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that 
it  is  on  account  of  mine  being  hatched  in  Cyphers  machines  that  I  am  losing 
practically  none,  and  that  it  is  also  due  to  this  that  my  customers  report  being 
able  to  raise  practically  all  the  chicks  I  ship  them.  Am  using  four  of  your 
largest  size  machines.  I  like  your  goods  and  I  like  the  way  your  company  does 
business." — November  10,  1911. 


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"5,250  BIRDS  ON  EXHIBITION" 
Tom   H.    Woods,    Fayette,    Mo.,    Brown    Leghorn    Specialist — "I 

hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubator  and  reared  in  Cyphers  Brooder  the  following 
ptize-winning  birds  at  Missouri  Stale  Show,  St.  Louis,  December,  1909  5  250 
birds  on  exhibition:  1st,  2nd  and  Sth  prize  S.  C.  Brown  Leghorn  cockerels, 
1st  prize  pen  cockerel,  and  1st  prize  pen  pullets.  I  like  your  Brooders  better 
each  year.  Last  season  1  raised  over  90  per  cent,  of  the  chicks  entrusted  to  it  " 
—October  13,  1911.  

"OUR  CHIEF  ASSET  TO  SUCCESS" 
J.    M.   Williams,    North   Adams,    Mich.,    Orpington   SpeciaUst    - 

"Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders  are  our  chief  asset  to  success.  We  ha\e 
used  them  for  years  and  could  not  conduct  our  business  successfully  uilhout 
them.  Their  reliability  makes  them  indispensable.  Have  hatched  hundrdi 
of  our  prize  winning  birds  in  Cyphers  Incubators." — October  31,  1911 


"MANY  PRIZE-WINNING  LEGHORNS" 

W.  E.  Gabhart,  Bohon,  Ky.,  S.  C.  White  Leghorns: — 'Many  of 
our  prize  winning  Leghorns  during  the  last  seven  years  have  been  hatched  m 
Cyphers  Incubators.  The  last  two  seasons  we  have  used  your  Brooders  and 
they  have  done  fine  work  for  us.  Your  poultry  supplies  and  foods  have  pro\ed 
to  be  the  best  on  the  market." — November  10,   1911. 

"RATHER  THAN  WITH  HENS" 
Henry  Trafford,  Binghamtcn,  N.  Y.,  S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Red  Speci- 
alist:— "My  confidence  in  Cyphers  Incubators  is  such  that  I  would  prefer 
to  entrust  high  price  eggs  in  them,  rather  than  with  hens.  The  finest  prize  bird 
I  ever  produced  was  hatched  in  a  Cyphers  Incubator  and  brooded  in  your 
Style  B  Outdoor  Brooder." — October  30.  1911. 


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ALL  WINNERS  CYPHERS-HATCHED 
E.  A.  Haring,  South  Kent,  Conn.,  Buff,  Black  and  White  Orping- 
tons:— "We  have  been  using  your  Incubators,  Brooders.  Chick  Food  and 
Beef  Scrap  for  the  past  eleven  years  and  have  found  them  very  satisfactory 
After  trying  out  several  other  makes  of  incubators,  brooders  and  foods  we  can 
say  at  this  time  that  our  entire  stock  of  prize-winning  birds  is  Cyphers  hatched 
brooded  and  reared." — March  15,  1911. 

"AT  LEADING  EASTERN  SHOWS" 
J.  Frank  Van  Alstyne,  Niverville,  N.  Y.,  Silver  and  Columbian 
Wyandotte  Specialist:— "We  have  used  our  Cyphers  Incubator  six  years 
.im  using  the  same  machine  today  with  the  very  best  of  success.  I  believe  the 
Cyphers  Incubator  will  hatch  as  many  and  as  good  chicks  as  a  hen  Have 
hatched  numerous  prize-winners  in  your  Incubator — winners  at  leading  Eastern 
Shows.  Every  article  we  have  ever  bought  from  your  company  has  been  very  satis- 
factory."— November  9,  1911. 

"ADDED  MORE  MACHINES  LAST  SEASON" 
L.  C.  Piser  &  Son,  Shushan,  N.  Y.,  Buff  Wyandotte  Specialists:— 

"After  experimenting  with  different  makes  of  incubators  we  have  discarded 
all  others  and  now  use  the  Cyphers  only.  Careful  study  and  tests  with  your  .Adapt- 
able Hover  have  convinced  us  that  its  sensitive  regulator  is  superior  to  the 
fireless  brooders.  We  added  more  Cyphers  machines  last  season." — October 
31,  1911. 

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"IT'S  ALL  IN  THE  MAKE"  fj-t'---         -^ 

Henry  Steinmesch,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Silver  Wyandotte  Specialist:— 

"I  ha\e  a  No.  2  Cyphers  Incubator  Uwt  I  have  been  using  for  ten  years  and  this 
machine  does  just  as  good  work  today  as  it  did  when  I  bought  it.  All  the 
C5  phers  macliines  that  I  am  using  do  very  satisfactory  work,  but  I  feel  a  per- 
sonal attachment  to  'Old  Ironsides,'  as  I  call  the  ten-year  veteran — a  Standard 
Ciphers  that  continues  to  hatch  80  to  85  per  cent,  every  lime.  'It's  ali  in  the 
make       —November  13,  1911.  

"MANY  OF  MY  PRIZE-WINNERS" 
Geo.  H.  Burgott,  Lawton's  Starion,  N.  Y.,  S.  C.  Rhode  Island 
Red  Specialist: — "The  Cyphers  Incubator  still  leads  all  others.  I  say  this 
after  ha\  ing  had  experience  with  something  like  fifteen  different  makes.  Many 
of  my  prize-winners  have  been  hatched  and  reared  in  Cyphers  Incubators 
and  Brooders.  Am  saying  this  for  the  benefit  of  the  amateur  breeder,  as  1  have 
no  axe  to  griKd."— August  24,  1911. 


"TRIED  SEVERAL  OTHER  MACHINES" 
D  F.  Palmer  &  Son,  Yorkville,  111.,  Barred  Plymouth  Rock  Speci- 
alists — "All  of  our  first  prize  winners  at  recent  Chicago  shows  were  hatched 
tn  Cyphers  Incubators — so  you  see  we  trust  our  best  eggs  in  your  machines. 
We  tried  several  other  machines,  but  the  Cyphers  proved  to  be  the  best.  It 
IS  ver\  easy  to  operate  and  you  are  always  sure  of  a  good  hatch  when  the  direc- 
tions are  followed.  We  never  hesitate  to  advise  our  friends  to  buy  the  Cyphers 
Incubators." — November  4,  1911. 

"NUMEROUS  1ST  AND  2ND  PRIZES" 
Joseph  Reifl,  Fayetteville,  Pa.,  R.  C.  and  S.  C.  White  Leghorns:— 

Hatched  more  than  2,500  chicks  this  season— ite  best  season  I  ever  had.  In 
rax  Cj  phers  390-egB  machine  /  averaged  87  per  cent,  hatches.  The  first  prize 
R  C  W.  Leghorn  cockerel  at  the  Great  Hagerstown  Fair,  1911,  woj  Cyphers 
hatched  The  last  four  years  Cyphers  hatched  chicks  have  won  numerous  1st 
and  2nd  prizes  for  me  at  Hagerstown  and  Baltimore,  Md," — October  31,  1911. 

"YOUNGSTERS  DEVELOP  FAST" 
Marshall  H.  Mackey,  South  Haven,  Mich.,  Barred  and  Columbian 
Plymouth  Rocks  and  Buff  Cochin  Bantams: — "I  have  used  the  Cyphers 
Incubators  for  the  last  three  years  and  find  them  to  give  the  best  of  satisfaction. 
Cj  phers  Chick  and  Developing  Foods  are  used  in  our  yards  exclusively,  and 
the  result  is  that  the  youngsters  develop  fast  and  there  is  Utile  loss  of  life  among 
them    — November  1,  1911.  

"REPEATEDLY  HATCHED  PRIZE  WINNERS" 
C   H.  Welles,  Stratford,  Conn.,  Barred  Plymouth  Rock  Specialist: 

—  Have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  for  ten  years  with  uniform  satisfaction. 
They  are  more  easily  operated  than  any  other  incubator  I  have  tried  and  I 
also  find  they  will  hatch  a  large  percentage  of  strong,  healthy  chicks.  Have 
repeatedly  hatched  prize  winners  in  Cyphers  Incubators.  Am  using  your  different 
foods  and  poultry  supplies  and  they  give  entire  satisfaction," — November 
9   1911 

"THE  STANDARD  OF  MERIT" 
F  W.  C.  Almy,  Tivcrton-Four-Corners,  R.  I.,  R.  and  S.  C.  Rhode 
Island  Red  Specialist: — "Another  year's  use  of  the  Cyphers  Incubators 
but  increases  my  confidence  in  them.  Have  always  found  your  goods  satis- 
factory and  reliable — in  fact,  the  standard  of  merit.  Have  found  all  your 
goods  well  adapted  for  their  respective  uses.  We  entrust  our  best  eggs  to  Cyphers 
Incubators." — November  1.  1911. 

"RAISED  THEM  IN  YOUR  BROODERS" 
John  W.  Brown,  Thorn  Grove.  Tcnn.,  Single  Comb  Rhode  Island 
Red  Specialist: — "Hatched  the  4th  prize  S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Red  cockerel 
and  4th  prize  pen  at  January  Show,  Knoxville,  1910,  in  your  Incubator  and 
raided  them  in  your  Brooder,  These  Brooders  work  as  well  as  the  Incubators, 
which  IS  saying  a  great  deal — in  fact,  I  raise  nearly  every  chick  placed  in  them." 

—  "August  29,  1910.  

"BEST  INCUBATOR  I  EVER  OPERATED" 
J    H.  Crossley,  Magnolia,  N.  J.,  Rhode  Island  Red  Specialist:— 

I  am  running  one  of  your  244-egg  size  machines,  which  does  excellent  work, 
giving  fine  hatches.  My  2nd  Philadelphia  cockerel  and  2nd  and  3rd  Phila- 
delphia pullets,  all  shown  January,  1909,  by  me,  were  hatched  in  your  Incuba- 
tors also  my  1st  cockerel.  1911,  at  Philadelphia,  and  my  1st  pullet  at  Hagers- 
town October.  1911.  Yours  is  the  best  Incubator  I  ever  operated  and  burns 
less  oil    — November  S,  1911. 

EVERY  SEASON  FOR  NINE  YEARS 
W  A.  Congdon,  Waterman,  111.,  Barred  Plymouth  Rock  Speci- 
alist —  We  have  used  one  of  your  Incubators  that  we  purchased  of  you  in 
1901  running  from  five  to  seven  hatches  each  season,  and  at  present  the  machine 
IS  in  good  shape  and  condition.  We  also  use  four  of  your  Style  B  Outdoor 
Brooders  in  connection,  with  good  results."— May  28,  1910. 

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"MANY  PRIZE-WINNERS  IN  CYPHERS" 
F.  W.  Richardson,  IUcksvHle,  Ohio,  Barred  Plymouth  Rock  Speci- 
alist:— "We  cannot  speak  too  highly  of  the  improved  Cyphers  Incubators.  We 
thought  the  old-style  Cyphers — of  ten  years  ago — about  as  good  an  incubator 
as  could  be  made,  but  you  certainly  have  improved  it  of  later  ydars  The 
drawers  for  catching  the  chicks  are  a  fine  improvement  and  the  saving  of  oil 
is  very  noticeable.  We  have  hatched  many  prize-winners  in  the  Cyphers." 
— August  8,  1910. 

"NUMEROUS  PRIZE  WINNERS" 
C.  J.  Andruss,  Canandalgua,  N.  Y.,  Columbian  Wyandotte  Speci- 
alist:— "Can  only  write  in  words  of  praise  of  Cyphers  goods,  which  I  ham 
used  extensively  for  years  with  great  satisfaction.     Used   Cyphers  Incubators 
and  Brooders  nine  years  and  have  found  them  very  satisfactory.     I  consider 
your   poultry   foods   indispensable.      Have   hatched   and    brooded 
prize  winners  in  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders,  including  blue  ribbon  % 
at  New  York  City,  Baltimore,  etc." — November  4,  1911. 


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"USE  MY  NAME  AS  REFERENCE" 
D.  Lincoln  Orr,  Orr's  Mills,  N.  Y.,  Columbian  Wyandotte  Speci- 
alist:— "For  three  years  now  some  of  my  very  best  birds  have  been  hatched 
in  Cyphers  Incubators.  At  present  I  have  some  mighty  fine  youngsters 
hatched  in  your  machines  that  I  am  counting  on  winning  again  for  me.  I 
would  not  do  business'  without  the  Boston  Food  Hoppers.  They  save  time, 
save  feed,  save  money.  Moreover,  this  hopper  is  an  egg  producer.  Use  my 
name  as  reference — and  welcome." — November  14,  1911. 

"CHICAGO,  DETROIT,  NEW  YORK,  ETC." 
S.  D.  Lapham,  Dearborn,  Mich.,  Buff  Plymouth  Rock  Specialist: 

— "Have  been  showing  at  the  largest  Shows  the  past  eight  years  and  have 
won  the  lion's  share  of  the  regular  prizes,  and  most  of  my  winning  birds  were 
hatched  in  your  machines.  Have  won  highest  honors  on  these  birds  at  Chicago, 
Detroit,  New  York  City  and  elsewhere.  Your  Incubators  in  my  hands  have 
been  highly  satisfactory."— iune  15,  1910. 

"MANY  OF  OUR  PRIZE  BIRDS" 
Turley  &  Scobee,  Mount  Sterling,  Ky.,  White  Leghorn  Specialists: 

— "We  have  used  your  Incubators  and  Brooders  for  the  last  ten  years  and  they 
are  all  you  claim  them  to  be.  Many  of  our  prize  birds  have  been  hatched  in 
Cyphers  Incubators.  Last  spring  we  installed  sixteen  of  your  Adaptable  Hovers 
and  are  so  well  pleased  with  them  that  we  shall  discard  all  other  individual 
brooders.  Can  raise  25  per  cent,  more  chicks  than  by  the  old  method  of  brooding.^*, 
—Octobers,  1911.  

"ALL  HATCHED  IN  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS" 
Robt.  P.  Adams,  Lynchburg,  Va.,  Buff  Leghorn  Specialist: — "At 

the  Bristol  (Va.-Tenn.)  Show,  December,  1908,  we  won  every  first  but  one. 
At  Baltimore,  Md.,  January,  1909,  won  first  cockerel  and  first  and  second 
pullets.  Washington.  D.  C,  1909,  won  three  firsts,  one  second  and  two 
fourths:  Baltimore,  January,  1910,  won  one  first,  two  seconds,  four  fourths 
and  one  fifth.  At  Grand  Central  Palace,  New  York  City,  December,  1910, 
won  first  cock  and  first  and  fourth  hens.  These  prize  winners  were  all  hatched 
in  Cyphers  Incubators  and  raised  in  your  Colony  Houses." — November  9,  1911, 

"HAVE  WON  HIGHEST  HONORS" 
H.  C.  Sheppard,  Berea,  Ohio,  Ancona  Specialist: — "Beg  to  state 
that  hatches  taken  from  my  Cyphers  Incubator  have  averaged  over  90  per  cent. 
The  best  hatches  I  have  obtained  from  other  makes  were  about  75  per  cent. 
Have  hatched  in  your  Incubators  superior  quality  birds  that  have  won  the 
highest  honors  at  Madison  Square  Garden,  New  York  City,  at  Cleveland, 
Ohio  and  other  foremost  exhibitions." — October  30,  1911. 

"MY  PRIZE-WINNING  BUFF  LEGHORNS" 
Chris.  H.  Leltner,  Elgin,  111.,  Buff  Leghorn  Specialist:— "I  have 
just  had  a  95  per  cent,  hatch  of  ducks  come  off  in  your  machine.  As  regards 
my  prize-winning  Buff  Leghorns,  most  all  of  them  were  hatched  in  Cyphers 
Incubators.  I  tried  other  makes  of  machines,  but  never  got  the  fine  results 
I  am  able  to  get  with  the  Standard  Cyphers." — June  25,  1910. 

"BEFORE  FIRST  SEASON  IS  OVER" 
Geo.  A.  Kersten,  119  West  52nd  St.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Colum- 
bian  Wyandottes  and  Light  Brahmas: — "We  shall  use  Cyphers  Incuba- 
tors this  next  season  for  hatching  our  prize  stock  eggs,  because  experience  has 
demonstrated  that  they  are  superior  to  all  other  makes  we  have  tried.  While 
they  cost  slightly  more  than  other  high-grade  machines  they  fully  make  up  the  ' 
difference  before  the  first  season  is  over." — November  13,   1911.' 


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"ALL  OF  OUR  BEST   BIRDS" 
A.  H.  Koenlg,  Hanover,  Kansas,  White  Wyandotte  Specialist: — 

"Cyphers  Incubators  and  your  Poultry  Supplies  have  given  us  great  satis- 
faction. All  of  our  best  birds  have  been  hatched  in  your  machines.  Cyphers 
Poultry  Foods  are  the  best  of  any  we  have  been  able  to  buy.  /  gladly  recom^ 
mend  your  goods  to  all  poultry  raisers." — November  8,  1911. 

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"WINNERS  AT  LEADING  EASTERN  SHOWS" 
Daniel  L.  Shove,  Fall  River,  Mass.,  Rhode  Island  Red  Specialist: 

— "Have  used  two  of  your  1906  Incubators  for  five  years  and  am  well  pleased 
with  them.  Bave  hatched  7iumerous  prize-winners  in  these  machines — winners 
at  the  leading  Eastern  Shows.  If  I  were  to  buy  more  incubators  they  would 
be  the  Cyphers."— November  11,  1911. 


"300  PRIZES  AT  MADISON  SQUARE" 
Edgar  A.  Weimar,  Lebanon,  Pa.,  Importer  and  Exporter  of  Standard 
Varieties: — "I  did  a  lot  of  experimenting  with  different  makes  of  incubators 
and  brooders  and  arrived  at  the  conclusion  that  the  Cyphers  was  good  enough 
for  me  Cyphers  Incubators  produce  better  results,  hatch  stronger  chicks,  with 
less  care  than  any  machme  I  ever  operated.  Have  won  about  three  hundred 
pnzes  at  Madison  Square  Garden,  America's  foremost  poultry  Show,  on  birds 
hatched  m  your  machines    — November  9,  1911. 


"OUR  EXHIBITION  BIRDS" 
W.  R.  Spcrry,  Cortland,  N.  Y.,  White  and  Columbian  Wyandottes, 
S.  C.  White  Leghorns  —  'After  another  season's  use  of  our  Cyphers  Incu- 
bators we  are  more  thoroughly  convinced  than  ever  of  their  merit  as  hatchers  of 
strong  iigorous  chicks  We  attribute  much  of  the  success  enjoyed  by  our 
customers  m  raismg  our  day-old  chicks,  to  the  correct  incubating  principles 
of  your  machines  Our  exhibition  birds  are  hatched  in  your  incubators." — Novem- 
ber 4,  1911.  

"TWO  OTHER  MAKES  DISCARDED" 
H.  E.  Townsend  &  Co.,  Albia,  Iowa,  Partridge  Wyandotte  Speci- 
alist:— "The  proof  of  the  pudding  is  in  the  eating  of  it.  We  have  used  your 
incubators  for  years  to  hatch  our  Partridge  Wyandottes  and  last  spring  bought 
another  390-egg  size  to  take  the  place  of  two  other  makes  that  were  discarded. 
We  now  use  none  but  the  Cyphers  and  have  no  hesitation  in  recommending 
your  goods  to  all  persons  interested." — October  30,   1911. 

"IN  A  CLASS  BY  THEMSELVES" 
W.  J.  ThomUey,  Marietta,  Ohio,  Ancona  Specialist: — "I  have  been 
using  Cyphers  Incubators  ever  since  they  were  introduced  in  this  country  and 
can  safely  say  today,  they  have  no  equal,  but  are  in  a  class  by  themselves. 
Am  never  afraid  to  tell  my  customers  that  the  birds  I  sell  them  are  hatched  in  a 
Cyphers  Incubator." — November  11,  1911. 

"HAVE  WON  62  REGULAR  PRIZES" 
A.  Jensen,  Independence,  Mo.,  Columbian  and  Partridge  Wyan- 
dotte Specialist: — "Have  used  your  Incubators  for  two  years  with  far  better 
success  than  any  other  make.  In  your  machines  I  have  hc'.rhed  the  greater 
part  of  my  prize-winners  at  American  Royal  Show,  Kansas  ■  Missouri  State 
Show,  at  St.  Louis,  etc.  In  two  years  have  won  62  regular  pr.zCo  on  these  birds." 
June  25,  1910.  

"THIRTY  OF  THE  THIRTY-TWO  BIRDS" 
Clare  E.  Hoflman,  Allegan,  Mich.,  Silver  Wyandotte  SpedaUst:— 

"You  will  be  pleased  to  learn  that  of  the  eight  birds  exhibited  at  our  State 
Show  at  Detroit  in  1909,  seven  were  hatched  in  my  Cyphers  Incubator,  raised 
in  Cyphers  Brooders  and  fed  Cyphers  Chick  Food.  This  was  also  true  of 
30  of  the  32  birds  which  in  1909  and  1910  made  a  clean  sweep  at  the  Western 
Michigan  Poultry  Show  at  Grand  Rapids."— June  22,  1910. 


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"NEVER  FAIL  TO  RECOMMEND  CYPHERS" 
Henry  H.  Pearson,  Stonewall,  Man.,  Can.,  R.  C.  Rhode  Island 
Red  Specialist:— "My  belief  in  the  value  of  the  Cyphers  Incubator  has 
only  been  strengthened  since  last  year.  For  a  beginner  or  for  running  in  a  room 
of  uneven  temperature,  it  is  in  a  class  by  itself.  I  have  many  opportunities 
of  advising  customers  as  to  the  best  make  of  incubator  and  I  never  fail  to 
recommend  the  Cyphers.  Have  found  by  personal  experience  that  the  Cyphers 
will  hatch  practically  every  egg  that  has  any  chance  of  hatching  at  all,  the 
percentage  of  dead  chicks  being  less  than  under  hens." — November  3,  1911. 


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"FIND  THE  SAME  HIGH  STANDARD" 
Guy    U.    McDavid,    Irving,    lU.,    White    Wyandotte    Specialist:— 

"All  the  eggs  from  our  White  Wyandottes  winning  first  at  the  great  Missouri 
State  Show  were  hatched  in  a  Cyphers  Incubator,  and  we  have  a  very  promising 
bunch  of  youngsters.  Have  also  used  your  Brooders  and  Chick  Food  and 
find  the  same  high  standard  as  in  your  Incubators.  I  replace  eggs  where  Cyphers 
machines  are  used." — June  16,  1910. 

"SPECIAL  FOR  THE  WHITEST  BIRD" 
Fred   C.   Llsk,    Romulus,   N.    Y.,   White  Wyandotte   Specialist:— 

"1  consider  the  Cyphers  Incubators  first-class  machines.  The  wonderful 
White  Wyandotte  cockerel  that  1  bred  and  showed  at  Rochester,  that  won  first 
prize  and  special  for  the  whitest  bird  in  the  Show  was  hatched  in  a  Cyphers 
Incubator.  First-class,  vigorous  birds  can  be  hatched  in  your  Incubator. 
/  know  this  by  personal  experience." — October  30,  1911. 

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"BIRDS  OF  THE  HIGHEST  QUALITY" 
J.  C.  Fishel  &  Son,  Hope,  Ind.,  White  Wyandotte  Specialists  — 

"For  years  we  have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  exclusively  for  hatching  prize 
winners — birds  of  the  highest  quality.  Have  won  many  prizes  on  Ci  phers 
hatched  White  Wyandottes  and  our  customers  have  had  the  same  success  from 
Ihe  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific  in  practically  every  state  in  the  Union — also  in  Canada 
and  foreign  countries.  'We  would  not  think  of  using  any  other  incubator 
than  the  genuine  Standard  Cyphers — the  best.  During  an  entire  season  we 
have  averaged  better  than  90  per  cent,  of  the  fertile  eggs  set.  Could  not  ask  for 
better  results." — October  31,  1911. 

"CONSIDER  THEM  THE  BEST" 
Bradley  Bros.,  Lee,  Mass.,  Barred  Plymouth  Rock  SpeclaUsts  — 

"Your  Standard  Incubators  are  the  only  ones  we  use.  We  consider  them  the 
best  and  would  not  want  to  do  without  them  in  our  fancy  poultry  busmess 
We  are  very  free  in  our  recommendation  and  praise  of  Standard  Cyphers  Incu- 
bators  and  Brooders." — January  5,  1911. 

"FOR  THE  PAST  THREE  YEARS" 
W.  A.  Doolittle,  Sabetha,  Kansas,  Partridge  Wyandotte  Speci- 
alist:— "  Have  used  your  short-cut  Alfalfa  and  Alfalfa  Meal  for  the  past 
three  years  and  consider  it  the  best  on  the  market.  Many  times  I  have  heard 
the  good  work  done  by  your  Incubators  praised  by  leading  successful  poultry 
men.    My  customers  use  them  with  success  and  speak  well  of  your  Company 

—June  9,  1910.  

"SCORES  OF  PRIZE-WINNERS" 
Geo.  A.  Eyrich  &  Son,  Sta.  C,  New  Orleans,  La.,  S.  C.  White  Leg- 
horns and  S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds: — "In  the  last  several  years  have  hatched 
scores  of  prize-winners  in  Cyphers  Incubators — winners  at  Dallas,  Tex..  Jackson 
Miss.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  etc.  Cannot  speak  too  highly  of  your  Incubators  Brooders 
and  Poultry  Foods.  In  future  shall  use  nothing  but  Cyphers  Incubators  and 
Brooders  on  my  poultry  plant.     This  tells  the  story."— November  20,  1911 

"EIGHT  OR  TEN  OF  YOUR  HOVERS" 
L.  A.  Downing,  Enfield,  Mass.,  S.  C.  White  Leghorns  and  S.  C. 
Rhode  Island  Reds: — "Because  of  the  good  work  done  by  Cyphers  Incuba 
tors  in  competition  with  other  makes  (hot-water  machines)  we  shall  discard 
the  other  machines  this  season  and  install  two  more  of  390-egg  fire-proof  Cyphers 
We  also  intend  to  install  eight  or  ten  of  your  Adaptable  Hovers  in  our  Outdoor 
Colony  Houses.  We  strongly  endorse  your  latest  fire-proof  Incubator  Have 
obtained  as  high  as  315  fine  lively  chicks  from  one  hatch.  The  Cyphers  runs 
ihe  easiest,  requires  the  least  oil  and  hatches  more  chicks  and  better  chicks." — 

November  29,  1911.  

"HAVE  HATCHED  PRIZE  BIRDS" 
G.  N.  Seltzer,  Middletown,  Pa.,  White  Leghorn  SpcciaUst:— 
"Your  Incubators  have  given  me  complete  satisfaction.  Tried  several  other 
makes,  but  disposed  of  them.  Have  hatched  prize  birds  in  your  machines, 
never  supplying  any  mo-'sture  and  the  Incubator  working  to  perfection.  Several 
times  I  have  hatched  every  fertile  egg."— May  29,  1910. 

"HAVE  CUT  OUT  USE  OF  HENS" 
R.  J.  ElUott,  Mansfield,  Ohio,  S.  C.  White  Leghorn  Specialist: — 

"Tried  out  some  of  the  sand  tray  machines  last  season  along  side  of  my  Cyphers 
but  am  still  swearing  by  the  Cyphers.  I  expect  to  enlarge  my  capacity  again 
this  year  and  your  company  will  get  my  order.  We  have  cut  out  the  use  of  hens 
as  hatchers,  because  we  find  we  can  obtain  a  larger  per  cent,  of  strong  healthy 
chicks  with  less  trouble  by  use  of  Cyphers  Incubators," — November  1,  1911. 

"MY  CUSTOMERS  AND  FRIENDS" 
T.  Reid  Parrish,  Nashville,  Tenn.,  Columbian  Wyandotte  Speci- 
alist:— "Have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  exclusively  for  the  past  six  years. 
Have  previously  used  three  other  popular  makes,  but  the  Cyphers  iias  given 
me  better  satisfaction,  and  /  invariably  tell  my  customers  and  friends  who  are 
m  the  market  for  an  incubator  to  buy  the  Standard  Cyphers." — November  4, 

1911.  

"94  PER  CENT.  OF  THE  FERTILE  EGGS" 
Fred.  Huyler,  Prop.,  Peapack  Farm,  Peapack,  N.  J.,  White 
Plymouth  Rock  SpeciaUst:— "I  am  perfectly  satisfied  with  every  article 
bought  from  your  company.  We  have  hatched  94  per  cent,  of  the  fertile  eggs 
and  our  average  brooding  results  have  been  nearly  as  good — which  speaks  very 
well  for  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders.  I  can  safely  recommend  your 
goods  and  your  way  of  doing  business — both  are  first-class  " — November  15, 

1911.  

WHITE  WYANDOTTES  OF  QUALITY 
Fritz  Bros.,  Chanute,  Kansas,  White  Wyandotte  Specialists: — 
"We  have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  for  six  years  and  have  always  found  them 
excellent  hatchers  of  good,  vigorous  chicks.  We  find  they  are  very  easy  to  run, 
are  self-ventilating  and  do  not  require  moisture.  Have  had  95  per  cent, 
hatches  of  chicks  that  grew  fast  from  the  start.  Our  1st  cockerel,  score  95, 
1st  pullet,  95 K.  1st  hen,  94Ji,  and  1st  pen.  Parsons,  Kansas,  1909;  also  1st 
cock.  94M,  1st  cockerel,  94^,  2nd  pullet,  95  >^,  1st  hen,  95  J^,  and  1st  pen 
at  Chanute,  Kansas,  1909,  were  hatched  in  a  Cyphers  Incubator,  started  with 
Cyphers  Chick  Food  and  Beef  Scrap."— yi&y  31,  1910. 

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"HATCHED  MANY  PRIZE-WINNERS" 
Irving  F.  Rice,  Cortland,  N.  Y.,  S.  C.  White  Leghorn  Specialist  — 

"Have  used  my  Cyphers  Incubators  for  years  under  all  sorts  of  conditions 
and  have  hatched  many  prize-winners  in  them.  Obtained  uniformly  good 
results.  The  regulator  simply  needs  adjusting  at  the  beginning  of  the  hatch 
and  then  may  be  left  to  itself — therefore  the  amateur  can  secure  as  good  results 
from  your  Incubator  as  an  experienced  operator.  Have  used  your  prepared 
Chick  Food  and  it  does  the  work," — October  31,  1911 


"VERY  BEST  OF  SUCCESS" 
A.  W.  Huskins,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  White  Wyandottes  and  White 
Orpingtons: — "I  have  been  using  one  of  your  144  egg  size  Standard  Cyphers 
Incubators  the  past  season  with  the  very  best  of  success  It  is  a  pleasure  to  care 
for  this  machine  as  it  is  so  little  trouble  and  I  feel  assured  of  results  I  expect 
to  use  more  of  your  Incubators  and  Brooders  next  season  as  I  do  quite  a  hatch- 
ing business." — July  29,  1911. 

"SELL  MANY  EXHIBITION  BIRDS" 
C.  H.  Wyckoff,  Aurora,  N.  Y.,  S.  C.  White  Leghorn  Specialist  — 

"After  nearly  thirty  years"  experience  in  artificial  hatching  we  have  found  the 
Cyphers  to  be  the  leader  among  incubators.  For  nine  years  we  have  used  j  our 
machines  exclusively  with  such  good  results,  hatching  extra  strong  and  iigorous 
chicks  that  we  are  not  looking  for  anything  better  in  an  Incubator  We  sell 
many  exhibition  birds  every  year — and  they  are  all  hatched  m  Cyphers  Incuba 
tors."— October  3,  1911. 

"ENTRUSTING  BEST  EGGS  AND  CHICKS" 
Harry  H.  Collier,  Commissioner  of  Poultry,  State  of  Washington, 
Tacoma,  Wash.; — "I  have  used  both  the  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders 
entrusting  my  best  eggs  and  chicks  to  them.     Both  have  worked  to  my  entire 
satisfaction.     1  do  not  hesitate  to  recommend  your  goods  and  your  Company 
—June  24.  1910. 

"STRONG  AS  THOSE  RAISED  BY  HENS" 
A.  A.  Carver,  Chardon,  Ohio,  Rhode  Island  Red  Specialist  —  We 

prefer  Cyphers  Incubators  because  they  are  perfect  hatchers — also  fire  proof 
and  insurable.  This  section  of  the  country  is  filled  with  Cyphers  Incubators 
and  /  have  never  heard  a  complaint  about  them.  Unfortunately  I  cannot  sav 
this  of  other  makes.  Chickens  raised  in  your  Brooders  are  just  as  large  and 
strong  as  those  raised  by  hens." — October  29,  1911 


"HAVE  HATCHED  90  PER  CENT." 
R.  A.  Richardson,  Haverhill,  Mass.,  White  Wyandotte  Specialist 

— "We  continue  to  use  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders  because  we  have 
found  them  to  be  the  best  on  the  market.  Have  hatched  with  the  Cyphers  Incu- 
bator 90  per  cent,  of  all  fertile  eggs  and  have  raised  95  per  cent  cif  all  chickens 
placed  in  Cyphers  Brooders.  Had  three  birds  that  made  records  of  272  267 
and  252  eggs — all  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators  and  raised  in  Cyphers  Brood- 
ers."— November  4,  1911. 


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"I  SHALL  INSTALL  SIX  MORE" 
Geo.  B.  Ferris,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  S.  C  White  Leghorn  Speci- 
alist:— "Cyphers  Incubators  are  still  giving  the  same  splendid  service  and  I 
shall  install  six  more  of  the  390-egg  size  this  coming  spring  Am  now  usmg 
six  of  that  size,  with  which  all  my  prise-winners  at  the  late  shows  for  sneral 
years  past  have  been  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators    — November  2    1911 


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"AND  JUDGE  FOR  THEMSELVES" 
Ghas.   Parsons  &   Son,  Conway,  Mass.,     Barred   Plymouth   Rock 

*nany  prize-winners  in  Cyphers  Incubators  At 
of  them  hatched  in  your  incubators  others  by 
i  my  ^ioce  and  judge  for  themselves  if  they  think 
not  be  hatched  except  by  htns    —June  21,  1910 


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"DURING  THE  LAST  SIX  YEARS" 
Chas.  Iden,  Cromwell,  Ind.,  Breeder  of  Eight  Popular  Varieties: 

— "Have  used  your  Incubators  very  successfully  during  the  last  six  years. 
We  are  operating  in  our  hatchery  two  of  the  240-egg  size  and  four  of  the  390- 
egg  size.  These  machines  are  non-moisture,  self-regulating,  easily  operated 
and  will  do  the  work  required  of  a  first-class  incubator." — November  1,  1911. 


"TO  HATCH  AND  RAISE  PRIZE-WINNERS" 
Sam'l    S.    Bliem,    Pottstown,    Pa.,    White    Leghorn    Spedallst:— 

"Your  Incubators,  Brooders  and  Foods  give  entire  satisfaction.    I  have  hatched 
1^*3     thousands  of  chicks  in  your  Incubators  and  raised  them  i 


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FOREMOST    AMERICAN    POULTRY    BREEDERS 

"NEARLY  TWELVE  YEARS  AGO" 
Chas.  H.  Bartlett,  Prop.,  Ivywlld  Poultry  Yards,  Colorado  Springs, 
Colo.,  S.  G.  White  and  Brown  Leghorns:— "In  1900 — nearly  twelve  years 
ago — I  purchased  a  No.  2  Cyphers  Incubator  as  a  starter  in  the  poultry  busi- 
ness. Had  never  seen  an  Incubator  in  operation.  That  machine  has  been 
in  use  every  season  since  then  and  I  have  never  had  a  poor  hatch  from  it.  This 
machine  is  in  as  good  condition  apparently  as  when  purchased.  Also  have 
six  of  your  three-apartment  outdoor  brooders  that  have  been  in  use  every  season 
for  years  and  they  are  still  in  good  working  order.  Used  them  last  season  with 
fine  results." — October  4,  1911. 

"OUR  RECENT  PRIZE  WINNERS" 
W.  O.  Chase,  Hillsboro,  111.,  Black  Minorca  SpeclaUst:— "For  the 

past  ten  years  we  have  been  using  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  and  lately 
have  put  in  more  of  them.  I  honestly  believe  your  latest  pattern  incubator 
is  as  near  perfect  as  possible.  The  chicks  hatched  from  these  machmes  are 
extra  strong — in  fact  seem  to  do  better  than  hen-hatched  chicks.  This  past 
spring  we  put  in  24  of  your  Adaptable  Hovers  and  we  believe  that  the  brooding 
problem  is  solved  by  their  use.  We  intend  to  put  in  24  more  of  them  this  tall 
Our  recent  prize  winners  were  all  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators  and  raised 
in  Cyphers  Brooders."— September  14,  1911. 


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"GREATEST  PRIZE- WINNING  STRAIN" 
R.  A.  Hewes,  Crete,  III.,  Black  Langshan  Specialist: — "For  years  I 
have  used  Cyphers  Company  goods,  from  your  incubalors  down  through  the 
list  and  have  found  them  entirely  satisfactory.  Can  depend  on  your  goods 
being  exactly  as  represented.  Have  always  been  treated  fairly  by  your  com- 
pany and  I  attribute  my  success  in  building  up  the  greatest  prize-winning  strain 
of  Black  Langshans  in  America  to  the  fact  that  I  have  hatched  them  in  Cyphers 
Incubators,  reared  them  in  Cyphers  Brooders  and  fed  them  on  Cyphers  Sealed  Bag 
Poultry  /oo(f5."— January  5,  1911. 

"ENTIRELY  SATISFACTORY" 

A.  E.  Martz,  Arcadia,  Ind.,  Buff  Orpinfiton  Specialist:— "My  first 
prize  Buff  Orpington  Cock  and  first  prize  Buff  Orpington  Hen  at  the  recent 
Chicago  Show  were  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators  and  brooded  in  your  Style  B 
Outdoor  Brooders.  I  now  have  two  thousand  husky  youngsters  romping  about, 
many  of  them  weighing  over  six  pounds  apiece.  We  have  never  had  a  poor 
hatch  with  your  machines  and  your  Brooders  have  been  entirely  satisfactory  " — 
August  1,  1911.  

"FOR  THE  PAST  SIX  YEARS" 
Wm-  F.  Fotterall,  Oxford,  Pa.,  Partridge  Plymouth  Rock  Speci- 
alist:— "I  can  recommend  the  Cyphers  Incubators  above  all  others.  Have 
three  other  makes  stored  in  my  bam,  out  of  use.  Have  hatched  all  my  Madison 
Square  Garden  winners  for  the  past  six  years  with  the  Cyphers  machine  My 
show  record  proves  the  quality  of  birds  that  the  Cyphers  Incubator  turns 
out." — Novembers,  1911. 

"I  WISH  TO  COMMEND  YOU" 
J.  Hildreth  Crow.  Oakland,  Cal..  Rhode  Island  Reds,  Barred  Rocks 
and  Andalusians: — "As  a  poultry  fancier  for  many  years  who  has  had 
long  experience  in  buying  and  using  poultry  supplies,  I  wish  to  commend  you 
on  the  quality  of  your  Incubators  and  Brooders,  Poultry  Foods,  etc  All 
of  your  goods  that  we  have  used  have  proved  to  be  the  best  obtainable.  I  al<«>  wish 
to  commend  you  on  the  courteous  treatment  received  from  your  company  on 
all  business  transactions." — September  30,  1911. 


"NEVER  HAD  A  POOR  HATCH" 
Wm.  H.  Hirsch,  Irvington,  Cal.,  Proprietor  Irvington  Poultry, 
Duck  and  Goose  Farm,  Breeders  of  Popular  Breeds  Chickens,  Ducks, 
Geese,  S.  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds  a  Specialty: — "It  gives  us  great  pleasure 
to  recommend  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators,  Brooders  and  Poultry  Foods 
Not  only  have  all  of  our  prize  winning  birds  been  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators, 
but  they  have  been  reared  in  Cyphers  brooding  equipment.  We  have  hatched 
in  your  Incubators  every  variety  of  fowl  we  raise,  including  geese,  and  we 
have  never  had  a  poor  hatch,  therefore  we  do  not  hesitate  to  recommend  Cyphers 
Company  goods  at  every  opportunity:' — November  27,  1911. 

"ALL  WERE  HATCHED  IN  CYPHERS" 
Geo.  H.  Northup,   RaceviUe,   N.   Y.,    Black  Minorca    Specialist:— 

"  Have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  since  1903,  increasing  the  number  of  machines 
every  year  since.  Last  year  we  sold  one  of  our  Rose  Comb  Black  Mmorca 
breeding  cocks  for  S300  and  quite  a  number  of  S.  C.  cocks  for  $100  each,  all 
of  which  were  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators.'" — ^August  24,  1908. 

"WOULD  LAST  MANY  YEARS  LONGER" 
J.  T.  French,  Toledo,  Ohio,  Barred  Rock  Specialist:— "We  have 
here  a  No  0  Cyphers  Incubator  that  was  bought  eleven  years  ago  and  it  is  still 
doing  good  work.  Last  season  this  machine  hatched  fully  as  well  as  the  hens. 
It  looks  today  as  though  it  would  last  many  years  longer.  Have  always  found 
\our  goods  to  be  satisfactory  in  every  respect.  I  have  galvanized  dnnkmg 
fountams  of  your  make  that  have  been  in  use  five  or  six  years  and  they  are 
still  m  good  condition — further  proof  that  all  your  goods  are  well  made  and  put 
up  to  last  " — November  13,  1911.     

"TO  FEEL  AT  PERFECT  LIBERTY" 
S.  A.  Noftzger,  No.  Manchester,  Ind.,  Partridge  Plymouth  Rock 
Specialist: — "I  want  you  to  feel  at  perfect  liberty  to  use  my  name  m  recom- 
mendation of  your  goods,  because  I  consider  them  to  be  the  best  on  the  market 
in  their  respective  lines.  It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  recommend  Cyphers 
Incubators  and  Brooders  as  well  as  other  products.  Have  repeatedly  advised 
my  friends  to  buy  goods  of  your  manufacture." — November  21,  1911. 


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"ALMOST  A  CLEAN  SWEEP" 
Wm.  McNeil,  London,  Ont.,  Can.,  Canada's  Most  Successful 
Exhibitor: — "It  is  with  much  pleasure  Ihal  I  endorse  Cyphers  Incubators. 
Have  had  experience  with  quite  a  few  different  incubators,  but  no  other  machine 
itas  as  easy  to  run  or  would  hatch  as  large  a  percentage  of  eggs  as  the  Cyphers; 
also  the  chicks  are  stronger  ajid  grow  belter  than  those  from  any  other  machine 
I  ever  used.  Last  year  at  Boston.  Buffalo,  and  Guelph,  Ont.,  /  made  almost 
a  clean  sweep  with  birds  hatched  in  Cyphers  machines." — October  27,  1911. 

"WITH  SIX  OTHER  MAKES" 
Dinsraore  &  Co.,   Kramer,   Ind.,  White  Wyandotte  Specialist:— 

"This  last  season  for  the  first  time  we  used  Cyphers  Incubators  exclusively,  they 
having  been  in  competition  with  six  -other  makes  during  the  last  two  years.  At 
the  beginning  of  this  season  we  discarded  every  other  machine,  selling  some  of 
them  for  what  we  could  get  and  giving  away  one  or  two  in  order  to  get  rid  of 
them.  Never  before  in  our  experience  have  we  had  as  good  success  in  raising 
chicks  hatched.  Since  starting  in  the  business  we  have  bought  nearly  all  our 
poultry  appliances  from  you.  You  have  handled,  our  business  in  a  fair  and 
square  manner,  first  to  last." — November  23,  1911. 


"HUNDREDS  OF  PRIZE  WINNERS" 
N.  V.  Fogg,  Mt.  Sterling,   Ky.,  White  Leghorn  Specialist:— "My 

hatches  this  sea.son  with  the  Cyphers  Incubators  have  been  very  satisfactory. 
I  find  them  automatic  in  regulation,  self-ventilating,  and  they  do  not  require 
supphed  moisture.  Have  bred  and  sold  hundreds  of  prize  winners,  all  of  which 
for  the  past  four  years  have  been  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators.  I  would  advise 
any  one  wishing  the  most  convenient,  safest  and  best,  to  buy  Cyphers  equip- 
ment."—October  31,  1911.  

"1500  EGGS— FROM  TEN  HENS" 
C.  B.  Snaveley,  Lititz,  Pa.,  S.  C.  White  Leghorns  and  S.  C.  Rhode 
Island  Reds: — "This  year  we  added  some  of  your  latest  pattern  machines  and 
have  had  some  of  the  best  hatches  smce  we  began  using  your  incubators. 
Have  shipped  baby  chicks  hatched  in  your  machines  to  the  New  England. 
Southern  and  Middle-western  states  with  perfect  success.  One  of  our  cus- 
tomers reports  over  1500  eggs  in  twelve  months  from  ten  hens  raised  out  of  a 
Cyphers  hatched  shipment." — November  4,  1911. 

"INSTEAD  OF  UNDER  HENS" 
Chas.  Earle  Hart,  Elmira,  N.   Y.,  White  Orpington  Specialist:- 

"My  experience  with  your  incubators  during  the  season  of  1910-11  luas  even 
belter  than  previous  years.  Chicks  have  been  absolutely  free  from  bowel  trouble 
— not  a  case  in  my  yards.  Have  such  confidence  in  Cyphers  Incubators  that  I 
placed  in  them  all  the  eggs  from  the  fine  hens  imported  by  me  from  England,  instead 
of  under  hens." — November  1,  1911. 

"WON  SEVENTY-ONE  FIRST  PRIZES" 
B.  F.  Kahler,  Hughcsville,  Pa.,  Columbian  and  Silver  Penciled 
Wyandotte  Specialist: — "I  showed  at  the  WiUiamsport  (Pa.)  A.  P.  A.  Show 
SO  "entries,  at  the  State  College  Show  16  entries,  at  Lititz  three  entries  and 
at  Bloomsburg  Show,  40  entries.  At  these  Shows  I  won  71  firsts,  13  seconds 
9  thirds,  4  fourths  and  2  fifth  prizes.  With  very  few  excebtions.  all  these  winners 
were  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators  and  reared  in  your  Brooders." — June  27,  1910. 

"WITH  WHICH  I  WON  FIRST" 
Frank  Langford,  Nashville,  Tenn.,  Rhode  Island  Red  Specialist: 

— "It  may  interest  you  to  know  that  the  cockerel  with  which  I  won  first  at 
Jamestown  and  also  at  Madison  Square  Garden,  was  hatched  in  a  Cyphers 
Incubator  and  raised  in  a  Cyphers  Style  A  Brooder.  This  Brooder  has  been 
in  use  seven  years  and  is  still  good.  I  have  used  most  of  your  poultry  supplies 
and  found  them  perfectly  satisfactory.  Your  baby  Chick  Food  is  especially 
clean  andsound." — October  27,  1910. 

"GOOD,  STRONG,  LIVABLE  CHICKS" 
Arthur  A.  Hunter,  Merchantville,  N.  J.,  R.  C.  Rhode  Island  Red 
Specialist: — "After  testing  several  of  the  different  prominent  makes  of  incu- 
bators, my  experience  has  proved  that  the  Cyphers  has  no  equal  for  producing  good, 
strong,  livable  chicks.  All  birds  shown  by  me  as  per  my  last  mating  list,  were 
hatched  in  your  Incubators.  Also  used  Cyphers  Chick  Food  and  find  it 
superior  to  any  other  I  have  tried." — May  23,   1910. 

"WON  EIGHT  BLUE  RIBBONS" 
Walter  E.  Holmes,  Marinette,  Wis.,  Rhode  Island  Red  Specialist: 

— "At  the  Marshfield,  Wis.,  poultry  show  I  won  eight  blue  ribbons,  also  two 
silver  cups— W.  C.  Ellison,  judge,  and  at  the  State  Poultry  Show  I  won  five 


Jas.  A.  Tucker,  judge.  These  birds  W' 
Incubators  and  raised  on  Cyphers  Chick  Food.  You  ; 
to  use  my  name  in  public  endorsement  of  your  goods.' 


J.  C.  DI.NSMORE 


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blue  ribbons  and  t\ 
hatched  in  Cypher: 
perfectly  welcome 

October  28,  1911.  

"BY  FAR  THE  BEST  HATCHER" 
J.  P.  Heck,  Pittsfield,  lU.,  White  Orpington  Specialist: — "I  con- 
sider the  Cyphers  Incubator  the  simplest,  easiest  operated,  most  durable  and 
by  far  the  best  hatcher  of  any  machine  on  the  market  today  and  have  no  hesitancy 
in  recommending  it  as  the  one  Incubator  which  experience  has  taught  me  will 
hatch  the  strongest  and  healthiest  chicks  from  the  greatest  number  of  fertile  eggs. 
Your  various  appliances  and  products  merit  the  high  esteem  in  which  they 
are  held  by  poultrymen." — November  6,  1911. 

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EXAMPLES  OF  WHAT  WOMEN  ARE  ABLE  TO  DO  AS 
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HUNDREDS  OF  WOMEN  in  the  United  States— north,  south,  east  and  west— are  breeding  Standard  fowls 
and  selling  choice  stock,  day-old  chicks  and  eggs  for  hatching  at  profitable  prices.  At  the  Fall  Fairs  and 
Winter  Shows  women  are  prominent  as  exhibitors  and  seldom  fail  to  win  their  share  of  the  cash 
prizes  and  coveted  ribbons.  In  many  cases  the  finest  specimens  of  standard-bred  fowls  that  are  exhibited  i  '  well 
known  poultrymen  represent  birds  hatched  and  raised  by  women — by  the  wives  or  daughters  of  these  pouit.ymen. 

Probably,  if  the  truth  were  known,  one-third  to  one-half  of  all  the  market  poultry  produced  in  the  United 
States  is  raised  by  women — by  the  wives  of  farmers,  in  large  part.  Women  are  specially  well  adapted  to  taking 
care  of  poultry  with  successful  results.  They  look  after  the  needs  of  the  fowls,  are  painstaking  and 
conscientious. 

We  should  judge  that  twenty-five  per  cent,  of  the  customers  of  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  are  women — 
either  direct  or  through  their  husbands — and  that  fifty  per  cent,  of  our  Incubators  (not  including  those  on  large 
plants)  are  operated  by  women.  It  is  a  rare  case  when  a  woman  fails  to  have  good  success  with  a  Cyphers 
Incubator  or  Self-Regulating  Brooder. 

Herewith  are  a  few  interesting  examples  of  success  met  with  by  women  as  poultry  raisers;  also  a  limited 
number  of  reports  telling  of  the  excellent  results  they  are  able  to  obtain  by  the  use  of  Cyphers  Incubators,  Cyphers 
Brooders,  Cyphers  Poultry  Foods,  etc. 


REMARKABLE  SUCCESS  OF  MRS.  BERTHA  M.  STORY 

Oregon  City,  Ore.,  November  22,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

The  Cyphers  Incubator  is  the  only  one  I  have  used  for  five 
years,  and  will  continue  to  be  the  only  one.  so  long  as  I  stay  in 
the  poultry  business.  As  you  may  be  aware.  I  was  the  exhibitor 
at  the  Alaska-Yukon-Pacific  Exposition  who  won  on  every  entry, 
with  137  entries.  Every  one  of  these  birds  was  ol  my  own  breed- 
ing and  every  one  ices  hatched  in  a  Cyphers  Incubator.  I 
use  your  Scratch  Food  and  Chick  Food  and  always  recommend 
both,  as  well  as  the  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders. 

I  rarely  have  less  than  a  90 
per  cent,  hatch  of  good,  strong 
chicks.  In  warm  weather  I  keep 
the  drop-bottom  down  until  the 
19th  day,  and  I  believe  that  this 
system  of  ventilation,  especially  for 
warm  climates  or  late  spring 
and  summer  hatching,  is  the 
secret  of  the  success  of  the  Cyphers 
in  surpassing  all  other  incubators. 
There  are  plenty  of  machines  that 
will  hatch  eggs — but  to  get  good, 
strong,  healthy,  hungry  chicks 
that  will  begin  to  grow  before-^ 
the  down  is  dry  on  them,  that  is 
another  story — unless  one  uses  the 
Cyphers. 

I  have  exhibited  at  fifteen 
Fairs  since  the  season  of  1905, 
beginning  with  the  Lewis  &  Clark 
Exposition,  where  I  won  on  every 
entry,  getting  every  first  and  second 
premium  possible.  I  won  two  cash 
specials,  one  on  Polish  and  one  on  Hamburgs,  for  best  exhibit 
in  each  variety,  also  the  Lewis  &  Clark  Silver  Tea  Set  for 
best  exhibit   in  show,   and   also    the    $100  Loving  Cup  for  best 

I  did  not  exhibit  again  till  1907,  at  Oregon  State  Fair,  where 
I  sent  22  birds  and  won  everything  possible  in  regular  prizes,  and 
several  specials. 

In  1908  I  exhibited  at  Oregon  State  Fair,  Washington  State 
Fair,  Inter-State  Fair  at  Spokane,  and  Valley  Fair.    The  two 


BERTHA  M   STORY 
Oregon  City  Oregon 


latter  shows  were  held  the  same  week,  making  147  birds  in  the 
show  room  at  one  time.     Yet  I  won  on  every  entry  at  all  four 

In  1909  I  exhibited  at  the  Oregon  State  Fair,  where  I  entered 
115  birds,  and  won  on  every  bird.  At  A.  Y.  T.  Exposition,  Seattle, 
I  entered  137  birds  and  won  on  everything,  including  three  Silver 
Cups  as  specials. 

In  1910  I  exhibited  at  Oregon  State  Fair,  Western  Washing- 
ton Fair,  Southwest  Washington  Fair,  and  Valley  Fair,  winning 
on   every   entry,   besides   many   specials. 

In  1911,  owing  to  ill  health,  I  made  only  a  small  exhibit  at 
Oregon  State  Fair,  sending  62  birds;  also  90  to  Southwest  Wash- 
ington Fair  on  same  dates.  I  won  on  each  entry  at  both  places. 
At  Washington  State  Fair  1  entered  70  birds  and  won  on  every 
entry  as  usual,  besides  specials. 

Every  bird  exhibited  by  me  in  five  years  has  been  hatched 

by  me  in  a  Cyphers  Incubator.-    Remember  that  this  is  not  on 

one  01  two  varieties,  but  all  the  eight  standard  varieties  of  PoHsh, 

the  six  standard  varieties  of  Hamburgs,  and  my  line-bred  Anconas. 

BERTHA  M.  STORY.  Prop., 

Rosemawr  Poultry  Yards. 


SILVER  LACED  POLISH. 
Samples  of  Prize-winning_Fowls  Hatched  by  Bertha  M,  Story  i 


WOMEN  ARE  SUCCESSFUL  WITH  POULTRY  —  RIGHT  EQUIPMENT  NEEDED 


USING  FIVE  INCUBATORS  AND  FIFTEEN  BROODERS 

Dayton,  N.  Y..  November  20,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubalor  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

We  still  think  the  name  of  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  on 
our  goods  the  best  guarantee  of  our  success.  In  going  through  our 
plant  with  visitors  we  tell  them  that  this  name  stands  for  "a  square 

deal  every  time,"  that  when  you  buv 

a  Cyphers   article    you    get   some- 
thing that  will  last  you  years. 

We  used  five  of  your  Incuba- 
tors and  fifteen  Cyphers  Brooders 
this  year.  We  did  not  get  the  in- 
cubator cellar  banked  up  before 
snow  came,  and  with  snow  in  cellar 
and  temperature  sometimes  45  de- 
grees, the  Cyphers  Incubators  never 
varied  a  point. 

We  like  your  Adaptable  Hovers 
and  Brooders  very  much. 
There  is  no  danger  of  fires,  and  one 
can  be  always  sure  of  strong, 
healthy  stock  raised  in  them.  They 
never  get  a  set  back,  and  are  ready 
to  start  laying  early. 

We  find  a  big  saving  in  feed 
by  using  the  Boston  Hoppers  for  ground  food,  and  the  Cyphers 
Wall  Fountains  keep  the  water  clean  and  cool. 

We  will  want  more  incubators  this  year,  as  we  expect  to  hatch 
three  thousand  chicks  for  our  own  plant.  From  the  birds  we  bought 
at  your  farm  last  spring  we  have  picked  out  the  best  two  hundred 
for  next  year's  breeders,  and  they  are  fine  ones.  We  were  also 
pleased  with  the  cockerels  we  got  this  spring  for  the  breeding  pen. 
Yours  truly,        ANNIE  BENSON,  Secretary, 

C.  C.  Benson  &  Sons. 

"I  HEARTILY  RECOMMEND  THE  CYPHERS" 

Boonville,  Mo.,  August  10,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

I  have  been  using  a  No.  2  Cyphers  Incubator  for  live  years 
and  am  greatly  pleased  with  it.  Usually  set  it  four  times 
each  year  and  have  had  as  high  as  202  chicks  at  a  hatching.  The 
regulator  keeps  the  temperature  at  the  right  place,  and  when 
away  from  home  I  have  no  fear  of  finding  my  eggs  too  hot 
or  too  cold  when  I  return.  I  heartily  recommend  the  Cyphers 
Incubator  to  any  one  who  wants  maximum  results  with  the  min- 
imum expenditure  of  labor  and  fuel.  MRS.  W.  A.  HURT. 


MRS.  BENSON. 


USED  ADAPTABLE  HOVER  IN  HOME-MADE  BROODER 

White  Haven,  Pa.,  July  25,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incuhator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  rasied  190  chicks  this  season  in  a  home-made  brooder, 
heated  with  your  Adaptable  Hover,  and  I  had  the  very  best  of 
luck.  I  kept  them  in  the  brooder  for  four  weeks,  and  I  didn't 
lose  one  chick.  I  fixed  the  lamp  every  morning,  and  that  was 
all  that  was  necessary  until  the  next  morning.  I  used  very  little 
oil  in  heating  the  brooder,  which  is  4  x  3)^  ft.,  30  inches  high. 
We  have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  for  eight  years,  and  can  recom- 
mend them  also  very  highly.  Very    respectfully, 

MRS.  WM.  MASON. 


"  KNOW  WHEN  WE  GET  THE  RIGHT  GOODS  " 

Rockford,  111.,  November  10,  1911. 
R.  F.  D.  No.  1. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

We  have  used  one  of  your  144-egg  Cyphers  Incubators,  and  ■ 
one  Cyphers  Adaptable  Hover.  We  had  first  started  out  with 
another  make  of  incubators,  but  had  every  trouble  imaginable 
with  it,  and  after  growing  desperate  we  decided  we  would  afford 
a  higher  priced  machine  in  order  to  get  one  we  had  confidence  in. 
It  did  not  disappoint  us  in  any  particular.  Each  hatch  went 
through  the  Adaptable  Hover  until  the  next  hatch  came  off,  and 
the  older  ones  were  sent  to  fireless  brooders  of  home  construction. 
We  lost  not  one  chick  in  the  hover  and  not  over  five  or  six  in  the 
fireless  brooder. 

Have  used  most  of  your  appliances  and  foods,  and  can  find 
none  of  the  many  we  have  tried  to  equal  them.  I  am  not  sending 
this  letter  as  a  bouquet,  but  because  we  are  proud  of  the  results 
we  have  had  with  your  goods. 

Next  spring  we  intend  to  enlarge  our  plant,  and  it  will  be  done 
by  putting  in  "Cyphers  Hens."  We  will  get  large  sized  machines. 
Have  had  ample  experience  with  other  makes  of  brooders  and 
one  other  incubator  to  know  when  we  get  the  right  goods. 

MRS.  J.  G.  BRANDT. 


"DO  NOT  HAVE  TO  WORRY  ABOUT  IT" 

Richmond,  111.,  April  20,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

We  have  used  our  220-egg  Cyphers  Incubator  for  five  years 
and  it  works  now  just  as  good  as  it  did  the  first  year,  and  I 
know  we  have  better  hatches  than  do  our  neighbors  who  use  other 
kinds.  /  set  my  Incubator  from  three  to  four  times  a  year. 
If  it's  a  Cyphers  you  do  not  have  to  worry  about  it. 

MRS.  THOS.  E.  HODGE. 


•'  THANKS  TO  CYPHERS  INCUBATORS  AND  FOODS  " 

Ludlow  Falls,  Ohio,  July  14,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubalor  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

Six  years  ago  I  came  to  the  country,  and  knew  nothing  of 
incubators.  I  got  your  1905  Catalogue  and  studied  it  thoroughly, 
then  purchased  a  120-egg  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator.  I  also 
got  fifty  dollars  worth  of  your  different  poultry  foods,  except 
Beef  Scrap.  The  chicks  grew  well  and  I  lost  very  few.  This  year 
I  have  used  your  Beef  Scrap  and  can  see  a  wonderful  improve- 
ment in  my  Beef-Scrap  chicks.  I  have  raised  800  chicks  this 
year  and  they  have  averaged  ten  weeks  at  marketing.  Owing 
to  the  results  of  my  success,  thanks  to  the  Cyphers  Incubator 
and  Cyphers  Foods,  my  husband  intends  putting  up  more  poultry 
buildings  and  fence  off  several  lots  this  fall  solely  for  my  chicks 
another  year,  so  I  will  have  room  to  raise  more  chicks. 

MRS.  HALLIE  DE  VERE. 


"FOR  SIX  YEARS" 

Garretuville,  Ohio,  August  24,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

I  have  used  one  of  your  Cyphers  Incubators  for  six  years, 
and  have  had  the  best  of  luck  with  it.     The  chicks  are  strong  and 

Your  Brooders  are  the  best  I  have  ever  used  or  seen.  Their 
main  point  is  the  lamp.  It  will  run  in  the  windiest  weather 
without  going  out  or  blazing  up  and  smoking,  and  in  cold 
weather  it  holds  the  heat  even.  Another  valuable  feature  is  that 
the  compartments  are  so  high  and  well  ventilated.  The  Style  B 
will  hold  seventy  chicks  until  a  month  old,  but  of  course  fifty  is 
better  to  put  in.  /  use  my  Cyphers  Brooders  right  outdoors 
in  all  kinds  of  weather.  MRS.  J.  C.  FELT. 


THE    LARGE, 

N.  Hackensack,  N.  J.,  June  30,  1908. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.— 

I  have  been  operating  the  Cyphers  Incubators  for  a  number 
of  years  past  with  very  satisfactory  results.  The  beauty  of 
this  machine  is  the  large,  fluffy  chicks  taken  from  the  hatches, 
which  thrive  from  the  start.  /  have  raised  to  maturity  143 
chicks  out  of  145  hatched,  although  I  must  say  that  one  of  the 
chief  factors  in  the  raising  of  chicks  is  to  start  them  aright  in  good 
brooders  that  give  the  chicks  at  all  times  good,  pure  air.  This, 
I  believe,  the  Cyphers  Brooder  does,  which  I  have  used  since  the 
purchase  of  my  first  machine.  My  flock  has  been  hatched 
exclusively  in  Cyphers  Incubators  for  eight  years  past  and 
this  season  I  have  hatched  about  2,000  birds;  never  have 
seen  a  finer  lot,  or  more  healthy,  or  raised  a  greater  percentage  of 
those  hatched  than  this  season.  H.  C.  CABLE. 


WOMEN  ARE  SUCCESSFUL  WITH  POULTRY— RIGHT  EQUIPMENT  NEEDED 


"PAID  FOR  ITSELF  MANY  TIMES  OVER" 

Auburn,  N.  Y.,  March  10,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y, — 

For  years  I  have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders,  and 
have  also  used  Cyphers  Cliick  Food,  Lice  Powder,  and  other 
poultry  supplies.  I  have  found  them  so  satisfactory  that  I  have 
not  needed  to  test  the  goods  of  other  manufacturers. 

Ten  years  ago  I  purchased  a 
360  -  egg  Cyphers  Incubator.  / 
always  count  on  at  least  225  to 
250  chicks  from  that  machine, 
and  have  had  as  many  as  260.  It 
has  paid  for  itself  many  times 

At  the  time  I  bought  the  incu- 
bator I  used  hens  to  hatcli  with 
also,  as  I  had  such  a  demand  for 
day-old  chicks  and  ducklings  I  was 
unable  to  supply  the  demand.  I 
would  have  from  fifteen  to  twenty 
hens  sitting  weeks  at  a  time,  getting 
sometimes  fourteen  or  fifteen  chicks 
from  fifteen  eggs,  but  never  aver- 
aged moce  than  eight  or  ten  chicks 
each  for  the  lot.  The  hens  had 
to  be  dusted  with  insect  powder  and'  have  regular  attention,  and  I 
found  hatching  with  incubators  much  less  work  and  mind  stress. 
Tlie  incubators  are  easily  regulated,  are  self-ventilating,  and  but 
a  few  moments  each  day  are  required  to  operate  them. 

My  chicks  hatched  in  Cyphers  Incubators  are  large  and  strong 
and  are  bound  to  live.  None  of  them  have  ever  had  White 
Diarrhoea  or  any  other  bowel  trouble.  I  brood  them  in  Cyphers 
Brooders,  give  them  good  care,  and,  barring  accidental  deaths, 
raise  practically  all  of  them. 

/  have  found  the  sale  of  day-old  chicks  so  profitable  that 
I  recommend  it  to  other  women  who  wish  to  earn  money  at 
home, 

I  have  found  Cyphers  Bureau  of  Information,  conducted  by 
the  Cyphers  Company  for  the  benefit  of  customers,  to  be  most 
helpful,  and  the  Cyphers  Company  most  pleasant  to  deal  with. 
Yours  truly.  MRS.  ANDREW  BROOKS. 


MRS.  ANDREW  BROOKS. 


"CHICKS  GREW  FASTER" 

Kinmundy,  III.,  February  10,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co..  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  have  used  a  No.  2  size  Cyphers  Incubator  for  five  years, 
and  it  hatches  just  as  good,  and  runs  just  as  regular  as  it  did  when 
it  was  new. 

Two  years  ago  I  bought  my  first  Cyphers  Brooder.  Last 
year  I  bought  another  and  soon  you  will  receive  an  order  for 
another  incubator  and  brooder.  I  have  not  the  time  to  hatch  with 
hens;  besides,  /  think  the  incubator  and  brooder  the  cheaper 
way.  No  more  hens  for  me.  My  chicks  grew  faster  in  brooder, 
and  were  far  less  trouble  than  with  hens.  I  also  used  your  Chick 
Food  to  start  my  chicks  on.  I  think  they  grew  better  than  when 
I  tried  to  raise  them  on  home-grown  foods.  I  hatch  annually 
about  1500  chicks.  This  year  they  will  be  all  hatched  in  Cyphers 
Incubators  and  raised  in  Cyphers  Brooders,  for  I  use  no  other  kind. 
Yours  truly,  MRS.  ETHEL  HILL, 


"FOR  TWELVE  CONSECUTIVE  YEARS" 

Blackstone,  Va.,  August  10,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo.  N.  Y. — 

I  have  used  my  Cyphers  Incubator  for  twelve  consecutive 
years  and  it  is  still  first-class  in  every  respect.  Before 
becoming  acquainted  with  the  Cyphers  I  tried  several  other  kinds 
with  varied  success,  but  none  of  them  could  equal  the  Cyphers. 
/  expect  to  continue  to  use  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders 
as  long  as  I  am  in  the  poultry  business,  and  I  want  nothing 
better.  MRS.  A.  A.  CARLISLE. 

"WHAT  MORE  COULD  BE  ASKED  FOR" 

Sterling,  Pa.,  March  16,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

This  is  my  second  season  using  your  Adaptable  Hover.  / 
find  it  all  that  you  recommend  it  to  be.  I  now  have  eighty 
newly  hatched  chicks  in  it,  in  an  outdoor  brooder.  Last  night 
was  a  very  blustry  night.  I  had  the  partition  in  the  brooder  closed 
and  the  ventilator  open  part  way.  This  morning  I  found  the 
temperature  underneath  the  Hover  where  the  chicks  are 
brooded  was  a  little  above  95  degrees.  What  more  could  be 
asked  for?  MRS.  J.  J.  UBAN. 


BELIEVES  IT  WILL  LAST  A  LIFETIME 

Sharpsville.  Mercer  Co.,  Pa..  April  11,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co..  Buffalo,  N.  Y. — 

I  have  now  used  my  Cyphers  Incubator  eight  or  nine  years. 
Have  had  splendid  success  first  to  last,  and  it  still  looks  like  a 
new  machine.     I  believe  it  will  last  a  lifetime. 

MRS.  JOHN  R.  MILES. 


"CAN  ALMOST  SEE  THEM  GROW" 

BoUvar,  Mo.,  March  1,  1911, 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  F.— 

Have  used  your  baby  Chick  Food,  also  your  Developing 
Food  for  four  years  with  the  very  best  results.  Have  averaged 
to  raise  90  per  cent,  of  the  chicks  hatched  and  I  know  it  to  be  a 
fact  that  I  raise  more  chicks  as  a  rule  than  any  one  around 
me.  I  firmly  beli&ve  it  is  because  I  use  your  Chick  Foods  exclu- 
sively. We  always  find  the  Cyphers  brand  clean,  free  from  dirt 
of  any  kind  and  the  chicks  always  eat  it  up  clean — no  waste  what- 
ever. /  begin  feeding  the  Developing  Food  when  they  are 
about  three  weeks  old  and  we  can  almost  see  them  grow 
from  oue  day  to  the  next.  We  consider  your  foods  the  cheapest, 
first,  because  it  raises  the  chicks;  second,  they  always  eat  it  up 
clean.  MRS.  W.  W.  DRURY. 

WHITE  ORPINGTONS— RAISED  ON  ROOF  OF 
WELL-KNOWN  BOSTON  HOTEL 

Quincy  House,  Brattle  Square.  Boston,  Mass. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.—  August  29,  1910. 

It  may  interest  you  to  learn  the  following  particulars  regard- 
ing stock  raised  in  the  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  and  fed 
exclusively  on  Cyphers  Poultry  Foods. 

I  recently  sold  chicks  and  stock  of  the  White  Orpington 
variety  that  fetched  me  the  handsome  prices  quoted: 

Per  Lot 

26  Cockerels $75.00 

12  Pullets  and  1  Cockerel 41.00 

25  4-weeks'  old  Chicks,  each 1 .  50 

The  pullets  were  hatched  March  25th  and  began  laying  July 
17th. 

From  351  eggs  placed  in  my  No.  0  Cyphers  Incubator  I 
received  altogether  245  chicks,  between  February  1st  and  June 
30th,  dates  of  first  and  last  hatch  respectively.  These  eggs  came 
from  different  breeders,  and  considering  that  they  may  be  termed 
a  "mixed  lot,"  I  regard  the  output  as  highly  satisfactory. 

All  these  chicks  I  raised  in  my  two  Standard  Cyphers  Brood- 
ers (Style  A  Outdoor  and  Style  D  Indoor),  and  for  facihty  of 
handling  and  good,  safe,  sure  brooding  they  cannot  be  too 
highly  commended. 

The  Cyphers  Poultry  Foods  are  remarkable  for  their 
flesh-forming  and  weight-giving  qualities,  and  as  an  instance 
may  mention  that  chicks  hatched  Tune  12th  averaged  2%  pounds 
on  August  20th.  At  fourteen  weeks  old  I  had  pullets  that  aver- 
aged 6}4  pounds  in  weight  and  cockerels  that  averaged  7  3^  pounds. 
MISS  ANNA  B.  SANDERSON.    ' 

P.  S. — You  will  no  doubt  be  further  interested  in  knowing 
that  all  my  poultry  was  raised  on  the  roof  of  the  "Quincy  House," 
Boston,  and  the  eggs  mcubated  m  a  No  0  Cyphers  machine  on 
the  sixth  floor  of  same  buUdmg. 


CHAPTER  Vra 

PREMIUM-PRICE  TABLE  POULTRY-HOW  TO  PRODUCE  IT 

Outlet  for  Surplus  Leghorn  Cockerels.  Best  Varieties  for  Squab  Broilers, 
Regular  Broilers  and  Roasters.  How  to  Care  For  and  What  to 
Feed.     When  and  How  to  Fatten  Broilers  and  Milk-fed  Soft  Roasters 


(.Copyright  January,  l9i2,byCyphe 

IN  writing  the  eight  short  chapters  for  this  Annual 
Catalogue  and  Poultry  Growers'  Guide — two  hun- 
dred thousand  copies  of  which  are  to  be  printed  for 
free  distribution — we  have  aimed  to  serve  the  interests 
of  the  many,  rather  than  the  few;  therefore  these  chapters 
in  the  main  are  addressed  to  men  and  women  who  are 
making,  or  who  propose  to  make,  a  regular  business  of 
raising  poultry  for  profit,  on  either  a  small  or  large  scale. 
For  example,  take  this  subject  of  prime  table  poultry 
and  how  to  produce  it.  Farm  raised  chickens,  turkeys, 
ducks  and  geese,  if  young  and  healthy,  should  make  good 
table  poultry,  but  we  do  not  think  that  is  what  the  readers 
of  this  chapter  would  prefer  to  be  told  about.  Raising 
a  few  dozen  or  two  or  three  hundred  head  of  poultry  on 
the  average  farm  and  giving  them  free  range,  is  one  thing; 
but  making  a  regular  business  of  poultry  and  egg  pro- 
duction is  a  different   matter. 

Unfortunately,  these  chapters  are  too  short  to  enable 
us  to  do  justice  by  the  important  subjects.  What  we  have 
sought  to  do,  therefore,  is  to  say  all  we  can  in  the  limited 
space,  using  small  type  and  but  few  illustrations.  For 
a  more  thorough  treatment  of  each  topic,  see  the  Cyphers 
Company  Service  bulletins,  which  are  sent  free  of  charge, 
postpaid,  to  every  Cyphers  Company  customer. 

Prime  table  poultry,  in  the  sense  here  meant,  includes 
squab  broilers,  broilers,  roasters  and  capons.  Squab 
broilers  consist  of  chicks  eight  to  ten  weeks  old  that  weigh 
three-fourths  of  a  pound  to  a  pound;  broilers  consist  of 
chicks  eight  to  fourteen  weeks  old  that  weigh  a  pound  to 
two  pounds  each;  roasters  consist  of  chickens  that  weigh 
three  to  five  pounds  apiece — in  the  average  market — 
and  capons  consist  of  castrated  cockerels  that  weigh  from 
five  or  six  pounds  each  up  to  ten  to  fifteen  pounds,  depend- 
ing on  breed,  age  and  care. 

We  find  a  market  for  the  surplus  White  Leghorn 
cockerels  produced  on  the  Cyphers  Company  Poultry 
Farm  by  selling  them  as  squab  broilers  and  regular  broilers. 
For  squab  broilers  the  Buffalo  market  pays  Ji.oo  to 
Si.2S  per  pair;  for  regular  broilers  I1.25  to  $1.50  per  pair. 
We  also  make  a  business  of  catering  to  this  demand  during 


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the  late  fall,  winter  and  spring,  and  find'  it  profitable  m 

connection  with  other  branches  of   the  poultry  work. 

Leghorns  lay  well  in  the  fall  and  winter  as  compared 
with  other  breeds  and  the  eggs  hatch  extra  well,  as  a  rule. 
Leghorn  cockerels  make  excellent  squab  broilers,  also 
choice  regular-size  broilers  up  to  two  pounds  weight,  if 
they  are  handled  and  fed  right  and  are  "softened"  by  two 
or  three  weeks  of  special  fattening  before  being  killed. 

On  the  Cyphers  Company  Farm  we  begin  hatching  in 
October  for  the  squab  broiler  market  and  keep  it  up 
through  the  winter.  All  October,  November  and  Decem- 
ber hatched  birds,  both  cockerels  and  pullets,  are  sold  as 
squab  broilers  and  regulars.  After  the  first  of  the  year 
we  begin  to  save  out  the  most  hkely  looking  pullets  and 
save  these  for  layers  and  breeders. 

For  s  p  r  i  n  g 
broilers — regular 
size— White  Ply- 
mouth Rocks, 
White  Wyan- 
dot t  e  s  ,  White 
Orpingtons  and 
Rhode  Island 
Reds  give  excel- 
lent satisfaction. 
Barred  Rocks 
are  good  also,  ex- 
cept for  the  dark 
pin  feathers.  All 
the  buff  varieties 
make  choice  broil- 
ers, if  the  breed- 
ing  stock  is 
vigorous.  'White 
Leghorns  clean- 
pick  very  nicely 
for  broiler  use — 
as  do  all  other 
white  varieties. 

Our  broilers 
are  raised  in 
brooding  house 
pens  5x8  feet  in 
size.  When  first 
hatched  we  leave 
them  in  the  nurs- 
ery of  the  incu- 
bator forty-eight  to 


CHOICE  CAPONS. 
Pair  of  Sample  Capons  produced  on 
Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm,  Season  of 
1911,  which  weighed  9?4  lbs.  apiece  at  nine 
months  of  age.  Raised  by  methods  de- 
scribed in  this  chapter  and  in  Cyphers 
Company  Service  Free  Bulletins. 

•two  hours  to  "harden"  them 
a  bit  and  get  them  used  to  a  temperature  of  90  degrees. 
Next  we  place  them  under  the  cradle-back  hovers  in  the 
brooding  house,  or  in  Adaptable  Hovers,  and  there  we 
continue  the  temperature  of  90  degrees.  We  do  not  rec- 
ommend a  higher  temperature  than   this. 

The  newly-hatched  chicks  are  not  fed  or  watered  in 
the  incubators.  After  removing  them  to  the  brooders 
we  feed  every  two  hours  the  first  day,  using  a  nursery 
food  consisting  of  one-third  stale  bread,  one-third  rolled 
oats  and  one-third  hard  boiled  eggs,  using  shells  and  all 
(infertile,  misshapen,  soft-shelled,  thin-shelled  eggs,  etc.) 
mixed  with  sweet  milk  if  we  have  it,  other^vise  with  water. 
Mix  crumbly,  not  sloppy,  and  feed  all  the  chicks  will  eat 
at  each  meal. 

The  second  day  feed  the  same  nursery  food  and  also 
sprinkle  a  small  amount  of  finely-granulated  chick  food 
on  the  litter  to  start  them  picking  at  it.  The  third  day 
give  them  one  or  two  meals  of  the  nursery  food,  then  sup- 
ply the  Chick  Food  exclusively,  by  the  deep-litter  method. 


PREMIUM-PRICE  TABLE  POULTRY— HOW  TO  PRODUCE   IT 


j      CYPHERS  COMPANY 
!  POULTRY  FARM 

FANCY 

MiLK-FEDBROaERS 


Produced  on  Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm.  Fall  of  1911 
One  is  wrapped.  Both  are  to  be  wrapped,  then  packed  in  thi 
Cardboard  Box  and  Marketed. 


For  deep-litter  feeding  of  chicks,  cover  the  entire 
floor  of  the  pen  with  two  inches  of  good  Utter — short-cut 
clover  or  alfalfa  much  preferred.  Then  scatter  over  this 
fifteen  pounds  of  the  Chick  Food.  Next  repeat  with  two 
inches  more  of  the  litter,  then  fifteen  pounds  more  of  the 
food,  until  you  have  eight  inches  of  litter  and  sixty 
pounds  of  food  in  a  pen  about  5x8  feet,  that  is  meant 
to  accommodate  fifty  chicks.  This  supply  of  food  will 
last  fifty  chicks  about  six  weeks,  on  the  average,  together 
with  the  milk  they  are  to  get  to  drink  and  the  beef  scrap 
and  green  food   that  are  to  be  supplied. 

Give  these  little  chicks  sweet  milk  to  drink  the  first 
week  in  the  brooding  pen.  Use  drinking  vessels  that  will 
keep  the  milk  out  of  the  chicks  eyes,  thus  avoiding  sores, 
blindness  and  loss.  Use  chick  size  drinking  founts — see 
page  160,  or  the  Chick  Server  shown  on  page  161.  Be 
sure  to  clean  and  scald  these  milk  dishes  thoroughly  every 
morning.  Give  no  water  to  broiler  chicks  the  first 
week.  On  the  seventh  day  place  water  before  them 
and  start  giving  them  beef  scrap  in  small  quantities. 
Omit  milk  after  this,  up  to  the  time  the  chicks  go  to 
the  fattening  pens  or  are  placed  on  Forcing  Food.  Give 
nothing  else  up  to  the  end  of  the  fifth  week  except  green 
food. 

Supply  all  the  green  food  the  chicks  will  eat,  begin- 
ning the  fourth  day  and  continuing  until  they  are  ready 
for  fattening.  At  first  use  mealed,  finely-cut  screened 
clover  or  alfalfa.  Later  on  a  coarser  grade  can  be  used, 
also  sprouted  oats.  Steam  all  clover  or  alfalfa  and  feed 
on  boards  or  in  shallow  pans  or  troughs.  If  short-cut 
clover  or  alfalfa  is  used  as  litter,  the  chicks  will  pick  up 
a  good  deal  of  green  food  from  this  source,  which  is 
desirable. 

The  sixth  week  begin  feeding  mash  food.  On  Cyphers 
Company  Farm  we  use  Forcing  Food  (see  page  122), 
feeding  it  dry  in  hoppers — also  continuing  the  beef  scrap, 
which  is  now  kept  before  the  chicks  all  the  time  and  they 
still  have  the  chick  food  in  the  litter.  Grit  (chick  size) 
and  finely  granulated  charcoal  also  are  kept  before  them 
constantly  in  self-feeding  hoppers.  When  the  chicks 
reach  the  right  size  or  weight  we  remove  them  to  the 
special  fattening  pens  or  remove  the  litter  and  fatten 
(soften)  them  where  they  are.  This  process  requires 
from  fourteen  to  twenty  days — usually  about  seventeen 
days.  We  now  mix  the  Forcing  Food  with  buttermilk 
or  sweet  milk — buttermilk  preferred — •  and  feed  it  three 
times  daily,  all  that  the  chicks  will  eat  up  clean,  mixed 


to  the  consistency  of  gruel,  so  that  the  food  will  run  off 
the  end  of  a  spoon  or  can  be  poured. 

This  fattening  process  not  only  adds  fatty  tissue,  but 
softens  the  muscular  tissue  that  has  been  developed  by 
the  chicks  digging  for  weeks  in  the  deep  litter.  But  the 
digging  is  conducive  to  health  and  growth.  If  some  of 
the  chicks  appear  to  be  "off  their  feed"  during  the  fatten- 
ing process,  place  these  back  on  deep-litter  for  a  few  days. 
On  the  average,  seventeen  days  of  fattening  will  give 
maximum  results. 

Roasters  may  be  said  to  be  regular  broilers  "older 
grown."  Many  practical  poultrymen  prefer  to  keep 
their  chicks  after  they  reach  the  broiler  age  and  market 
them  as  roasters.  The  death  rate  is  heavier  up  to  the 
broiler  age,  very  few  chicks  dying  from  natural  causes 
after  that  time,  hence  the  advantage  of  keeping  them 
until  they  weigh  three  to  five  pounds  apiece,  provided 
you  are  near  a  good  market  for  choice  milk-fed  soft  roast- 
ers or  prime  roasting  chickens. 

If  the  chicks  are  to  be  developed  into  roasters,  keep 
them  on  the  deep-litter  until  they  are  fourteen  weeks  old. 
Feed  as  recommended  for  broilers,  continuing  the  sixth 
week  ration  until  the  chicks  are  ten  weeks  old,  then  begin 
feeding  Developing  Food,  see  page  120. 

At  the  start  throw  only  a  handful  at  a  time  of  this 
coarser  food  into  each  pen,  thus  weaning  the  chicks  from 
the  finely-granulated  Chick  Food.  Then  within  two  or 
three  days  stop  giving  more  Chick  food  and  bury  the 
Developing  Food  in  the  litter  so  that  the  chicks  will 
dig  for  it  and  thus  keep  busy.  Meanwhile,  continue 
the  Forcing  Food  and  beef  scrap  in  hoppers  and  also 
supply  all  the  green  food  the  chicks  can  be  induced 
to  eat. 

After  the  to-be-roasters  are  fourteen  weeks  old,  place 
them  in  colony  houses  or  large-sized  roosting  coops  on 
practically  free  range  until  you  are  ready  to  put  them  up 
for  fattening.  On  range  continue  the  Forcing  Food 
and  beef  scrap  in  hoppers  and  feed  Developing  Food  in 
litter  or  scattered  about  out  of  doors.  If  green  food  is 
plentiful  on  range  this  supply  will  answer,  otherwise 
some  form  of  green  food  must  be  furnished  by  the 
caretaker. 

When  fattening  time  arrives  put  the  birds  back  in 
the  5x8  pens  or  place  them  in  regular  fattening  crates. 
These  crates  are  built  of  slats,  one  crate  above  another, 
each  16  X  i6  X  30  inches  in  dimensions,  by  16  inches  high. 
For  full  particulars  on  crate  fattening  see  Cyphers  Com- 
pany Service  Bulletin  No.  26,  a  free  copy  of  which  will 
be  sent  postpaid  to  every  Cyphers  Company  customer 
on  request. 

For  complete  information  on  the  subject  of  capons 
and  caponizing  obtain  Book  No.  6  of  the  Cyphers  Com- 
pany Series  as  described  on  page   178  of  this  catalogue. 


IXG  AXD  KILLIXG  HOUSE. 
Cyphers  Company  Poultry  Farm,  used  for 
Fattening,  Killing,  Dressing  and  Boxing  Fancy  Broilers.  Roasters, 
"  ~     '  ■         ■         16x75  feet.     Equipped 


FATTE> 
House  No.   IS, 


CYPHERS  INCUBATORS 
IN  FOREIGN  LANDS 


Why  We  Call  Our  Machines  the  "World's  Standard 
Hatchers."  They  are  Used  and  Strongly  En- 
dorsed in   Every   Civilized    Country  on  the   Globe 

THE  GOLD  MEDAL  and  HIGHEST  HONORS  were  awarded 
Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  at  the  Pan-American  Expo- 
sition, Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  1901,  at  the  World's  Fair  (Lousiana 
Purchase  Exposition),  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  1904,  at  the  Lewis  and  Clark 
Centennial  Exposition,  Portland,  Ore.,  1905,  and  First  Prizes  for 
Tost  Hatches  and  on  Mechanical  Excellence  have  been  given  to 
these  machines  in  the  leading  countries  of  Europe.  For  years  we 
have  met  all  comers,  both  at  home  and  abroad — without  once 
experiencing  defeat  in  competition. 

The  foregoing  facts,  together  with  the  high  endorsements  our 
Incubators  have  received  in  foreign  lands  from  men  in  authority 
as  poultry  inspectors,  as  judges,  as  practical  experts,  etc.,  led  us 
to  style  our  Incubators  the  "World's  Standard  Hatchers,"  because 
no  other  incubator  thus  far  invented  and  placed  on  sale  has  equalled 
or  approached  the  world-wide  record  made  by  the  Cyphers  during 
the  last  dozen  years. 

Cyphers  Incubators  are  now  in  successful  use  in  every  country 
(in  the  globe  where  poultry  is  grown  for  market.  For  obvious 
reasons  they  have  been  received  with  special  favor  in  English- 
speaking  countries.  In  the  pages  next  following  we  present  as 
many  reports  as  we  can  spare  room  for  in  this  catalogue,  telling  of 
the  satisfactory  results  obtained  by  our  customers.  Our  foreign 
catalogue — a  book  similar  to  this,  contains  full  information  upon 
these  points  and  many  more  testimonials  than  we  can  print  here. 

In  order  that  our  trade  and  friends  in  foreign  countries  may  be 
protected  against  "pirated"  imitations,  we  have  taken  out  in  each 
country  a  registered  trade-mark,  as  shown  on  page  34,  in  order 
that  all  may  know  whether  or  not  they  are  buying  the  "Genuine 
Cyphers,  made  in  the  U.  S.  A."  Every  genuine  Cyphers  Incu- 
bator, no  matter  where  found,  bears  this  trade-mark. 

CYPHERS  INCUBATOR  COMPANY. 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A.,  December  1,  1911. 


Sample  Canadian  Reports 


AFTER  SEVEN  YEARS 

Rosetown,  Sask,,  Can.,  November  20,  1911. 
Cythars  Incubator  Company: — 

I  have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  and  Brooders  for  seven  years, 
and  still  have  the  same  machines  I  shipped  from  Wisconsin  to 
Western  Canada,  and  then  freighted  them  over  one  hundred  miles 
across  the  prairie.  They  are  in  fine  condition,  standing  excel- 
lently all  changes  of  climatic  conditions  and  usages.  The 
machines  are  actually  self-regulating.  The  Brooders  give  the  best 
of  satisfaction.  I  have  had  several  makes,  but  none  take  care 
of  little  chicks  so  well  as  the  Cyphers. 

A.  W.  NOBLE. 


POULTRY  JUDGE  AND  INSTITUTE  LECTURER 

Ottawa,  Can.,  June  25,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

Have  used  Cyphers  Incubators  the  past  ten  years  and  have 
always  found  them  satisfactory  in  every  respect.  As  I  do  a 
lot  of  judging  and  institute  work  I  have  an  unusual  opportunity 
of  getting  the  opinions  of  poultrymen  in  different  parts  of  the 
countrj'  and  I  find  that  the  general  impression  is  very  favorable 
to  your  Incubators. 

GEORGE  ROBERTSON,  P.  O.  Box  242. 

"HATCHING  FULLY  90  PER  CENT." 

Ashbank,  Gorebridge,  N.  B.,  July  1,  1909. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

The  Incubator  I  got  from  you  this  year  worked  splendidly, 
and  gave  every  satisfaction, ■ha.tch'mg  fully  90  per  cent,  on  an 
average.  I  may  say  that  I  had  one  three  years  which  was  worked 
alongside  of  two  hot-water  machines,  but  I  much  preter  the  hot- 
air  machines;  in  fact,  /  find  the  Cyphers  is  all  that  it  is  repre- 
sented, and  the  self-ventilation  is  all  that  is  claimed  tor  it.  I  can 
thoroughly  recommend  your  machine  to  all. 

THOMAS  A.  TORRANCE. 


USING  THEM  IN  DAY-OLD  CHICK  BUSINESS 

Vancouver,  B.  C,  August  25,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

We  have  been  using  Cyphers  Incubators  exclusively  for  the 
last  five  years  and  they  have  given  us  every  satisfaction.  The 
hatches  have  been  large  and  the  chicks  strong  and  vigorous — 
better,  we  believe,  than  from  any  other  incubator  we  have  ever 
come  in  contact  with.  Your  Incubators  are  easy  to  operate  and 
the  quality  of  the  chickens  highly  satisfactory.  We  have 
shipped  them  at  one  day  old  all  over  the  country  in  very  large 
quantities  and  the  percentage  of  mortality  on  account  of  the 
strength  of  the  chicks  has  been  insignificant. 

WHITE  WINGS  POULTRY  RANCH, 

J.  J.  Wilson,  Prop. 

"AT  LIBERTY  TO  PUBLISH  THIS  LETTER" 

Ayton.  Ont.,  Can.,  June  3,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

/  am  using  several  of  your  Incubators — 240  and  390-egg 
size — on  my  poultry  plant,  and  find  them  satisfactory  in  every 
way,  I  do  not  hesitate  to  recommend  the  Cyphers  Incubators 
to  be  first-class  and  reliable.  You  are  at  liberty  to  publish  this 
letter.  VAL.  GLEBE. 


"HAS  NOT  VARIED  A  FRACTION" 

Berlin,  Ont.,  Can.,  March  27,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

I  received  the  Cyphers  Incubators  O.  K,,  and  must  say  they 
work  like  a  charm.  It  really  is  a  pleasure  to  hatch  eggs  with  a 
reliable  machine.  I  put  the  eggs  in  on  the  18th  inst.,  and  the  heat 
at  103  has  not  varied  a  fraction.  No  matter  when  you  look  at 
the  thermometer  it  always  is  the  same,  and  ventilation  is 
perfect.  OTTO  SACHARE. 

"THEY  ARE  MY  STAND-BYS" 

Ayton,  Ont.,  Can.,  June  8,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

At  present  I  am  using  one  No.  2  and  three  No.  3  Cyphers 
Incubators.  They  are  my  stand-bys.  I  first  tried  another  leading 
make  that  it  was  claimed  would  hatch  stronger  chicks,  but  I 
found  it  Just  the  other  way.  Am  running  a  commercial  poul- 
try farm  and  sell  day-old  chicks  as  a  specialty.  Am  handling 
bred-to-lay  White  Wyandottes  and  Single  Comb  White  Leghorns 
/  wouldn't  want  to  be  in  the  poultry  business  without  the 
help  of  Cyphers  Incubators.  W.  H.  FISCHER. 


CAN  HAVE  CONFIDENCE  IN  THEM 

Simcoe,  Ont.,  Can.,  November  22,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

I  have  used  your  goods  since  1907,  and  have  nothing  but 
praise  for  all  I  have  ever  purchased.  One  can  always  have  con- 
fidence in  Cyphers  goods. 

I  have  at  present  one  Cyphers  Incubator  and  three  Brooders, 
and  it  is  always  a  pleasure   to   operate    them.      I  am   also 
pleased  with  your  Poultry  Foods.     I  have  used  your  Chick,  Devel- 
oping, and  Scratching  Foods,  and  they  have  given  good  results. 
EDW.  McCARTEN. 


Cyphe, 


"PROVED  MY  WORDS  TRUE" 

Browns  Flats.  B.  C,  August  5,  1908. 
i  Inciibator  Company: — 
/  am  pleased  to  report  that  the  Incubator  purchased 
from  your  Company  in  1905  is  still  giving  splendid  results. 

A  few  weeks  ago  I  met  a  man  in  the  poultry  business,  who  had 
seen  my  letter  in  1907  catalogue.  He  told  me  that  the  claim, 
"chickens  hatched  in  your  Incubators,  and  reared  in  your  Brood- 
ers, are  so  thrifty  that  in  less  than  three  weeks  two  brooders  are 
required  for  the  chickens  taken  from  one  incubator."  was  a  "blow- 
hard,"  but  this  spring  he  bought  a  Cyphers  Incubator  and 
Brooder  and  proved  my  words  true.  |MRS.  F.  E.  McKEEL. 


"THE  CHICKS  WERE  IN  PILES" 

London,  Ont.,  Can.,  November  30,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

We  are  using  one  of  your  No.  1  Cyphers  Incubators  and  must 

say  they  are  the  best  made.     I  have  tried  the ,  also 

the ,  and  two  other  well-known  makes,  but  no  one  could 

get  my  Cyphers  away  from  me  unless  he  pays  more  than  I 
could  get  a  new  one  for.  Mr.  Gilbert.  40  Maple  Street,  this 
city,  has  one  of  your  machines;  so  has  G.  Wells  of  Pattersburg. 
Mr.  Wells'  machine  is  the  No.  3.  and  I  saw  it  hatching  last 
Sunday.  The  chicks  were  in  piles  !  It  would  have  made  you 
smile  to  see  the  bunch  hatched  out.  There  must  have  been 
three  hundred  of  them. 

ADAMS  BROS..  127  Hamilton  Road. 


A  Single  Shipment  of  Cyphers  Ostrich  Incubators  to  Cape  Colony.  South  Africa.     The  illustration,  from  photograph,  shows  the  three 
large  funuture-size  cars  necessary  for  this  shipment  being  loaded  in  front  of  Cyphers  Company  factory  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


SWITZERLAND 

Gorbeyier.  Sur  Aigle,  Vallee  Du  Rhone,  July  14,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

I  have  been  busy  preparing  pens  for  the  chicks  hatched  in 
your  incubators. 

I  am  pleased  to  report  that  my  No.  3  Standard  Cyphers 
Incubator  gave  me  287  chicks  out  of  289  fertile  eggs,  and  my  No.  1 
Cyphers  brought  98  chicks  out  of  110  untested  eggs. 

Your  machines  recommend  themselves  to  all  who  see  them. 

Cyphers  hatched  chicks  are  strong  and  vigorous  and 
develop  quickly,  especially  if  reared  in  Cyphers  Brooders. 

Regulating  and  working  a  Cyphers  Incubator  is  child's  play 
and  for  me  I  would  never  work  or  advise  other  incubators. 

A.  DEQUIS,  Grand  Hotel  Victoria. 


Cypher 


EGYPT 


Cyphers  Incubator  Company: —  Alessandria.  April  6,  1908. 

The  No.  0  Cyphers  Incubator  reached  me  in  very  good  condi- 
tion. I  have  pleasure  to  tell  you  that,  so  far  as  I  can  see.  your 
Incubator  is  perfect  in  every  respect.  The  result  of  my  first 
hatch  was  88  per  cent.  Am  enclosing  you  order  herewith  for  one 
No,  3,  360-egg  capacity  Incubator,  also  one  Cyphers  Indoor 
Brooder.  J.  MONTESINI. 

SWEDEN 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company: —  Skebg,  Kallby,  June  5.  1909. 

/  have  nothing  but  praise  to  say  of  your  Incubators,  as 
they  have  been  doing  excellent  work»  having  hatched  about  500 
chicks  this  summer,  besides  some  50  ducklings,  all  strong  and 
healthy.  The  Style  A  Brooders  have  also  done  their  duty 
finely.  AX.  AHLSTRAND. 

BELGIUM 

Santhoven,  Nr.  Antwerp,  June  23,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — ■ 

I  beg  to  inform  you  that  my  last  hatch  from  your  Standard 
Cyphers  Incubator  has  been  153  splendid,  strong  chickens  from 
200  eggs.  I  am  especially  well  pleased  considering  that  poultry- 
men  generally  report  that  the  hatches  this  year  have  not  been 
very  successful  at  all  on  account  of  the  adverse  weather  conditions 
we  have  experienced  during  the  hatching  season. 

Your  incubators  are  really  as  represented.  They  are  in  fact 
non-moisture  machines;  self-ventilating  as  claimed,  and 
the  regulator  does  its  work  perfectly.  I  shall  be  glad  to" 
recommend  the  Cyphers  Incubators  freely  to  all  my  friends, 
because  they  are  first-class  machines  and  do  the  work  required  of 
them.  G.  HOEPFNER. 


PORTO  RICO 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company:^  Manati,  August  2,  1908. 

As  previously  reported,  my  second  hatch  with  your  No.  1, 
120-egg  size  Cyphers  Incubator,  gave  me  125  chicks  out  of  127 
eggs.  I  have  just  obtained  a  hatch  of  123  chickens  out  of 
125  tested  eggs — one  egg  being  infertile  and  in  the  other  the  germ 
was  dead.  During  the  three  hatches  made  thus  far  I  have  not 
added  moisture,  relying  entirely  on  the  machine  to  do  the  work 
well.  After  thoroughly  learning  what  can  be  expected  of  a  Cyphers 
Incubator,  /  have  no  hesitation  in  recommending  it  to 
any  one  desiring  to  buy  a  good  hatching  machine.  The 
same  is  true  of  my  brother  Ramon  Velez.  1020  Ocean  Ave.,  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  who  keeps  two  large  Cyphers  constantly  in  operation. 
B.  VELEZ. 

TURKEY 

Constantinople, 
May  8.  1906. 
Cyphers  Incubator 
Company: — 
Though  I  have 
bought  many  ma- 
chines from  other 

have  never  suc- 
ceeded in  obtain- 
ing chickens  from 
85  per  cent,  of  the 
eggs,   whereas 


eggs.  1  am  send- 
ing you  herewith 
two  photographs, 
one  showing  a 
hatch  being  taken 
off  from  your 
No.  2,  220-egg 
size  hatching 
machine. 

SHEREF  ALI 
JAFFER. 


AUSTRIA 

Incubator  Company: —  Kapfenberg,  May  17,  1909. 

I  am  very  much  satisfied  with  the  Cyphers  Incubator, 
has  hatched  350  chickens  out  of  the  360  eggs  which  were  pi 
in.     The  apparatus  in  question  does  its  work  wonderfully  well  an 
gives  no  trouble  whatever. 

ERSTE  KAPFENBERGER  DAMPFBRAUEREI. 


RUSSIA 

Gole,  Province  of  Warsaw,  February  3,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

The  120-egg  Cyphers  Incubator  I  bought  of  you  last  year 
proved  satisfactory  in  every  respect,  especially  in  the  early  hatches, 

First  Hatch:~FTom  125  eggs,  28  were  mfertile  on  test;  the 
remaining  eggs  produced  64  lively  chicks. 

Second  Hatch: — From  122  eggs.  31  were  infertile  on  test; 
the  remaining  eggs  produced  88  lively  chicks,  with  only  three  not 
hatched. 

The  chicks  so  hatched  were  sound  and  vigorous  and 
grew  excellently,  exciting  the  admiration  of  the  peasantry,  many 
of  whom  expressed  a  desire  to  buy  an  Incubator. 

Yours  very  truly,  M.  KARCZEWSKA. 


GERMANY 

Cyphers  Incubator  Company: —  Crefeld.  May  14,  1906. 

I  wish  to  add  my  testimony  to  your  list  of  successful  users 
of  Cyphers  Incubators  and  confirm  that  the  Cyphers  is  in  fact  a 
non-moisture  and  self -vent  Hating  incubator  that  does  the 
work  claimed  for  it. 

After  experimenting  since  1896  with  several  different  makes 
of  incubators,  I  bought  in  1904  a  Cyphers,  and  I  will  admit  that 
the  success  in  hatching  and  raising  poultry  dates  from  the  time 
I  began  using  your  incubators  and  brooders.  I  have  now 
averaged  about  80  per  cent,  of  1,171  fertile  eggs  from  December, 
1905,  to  April.  1906.  P.  SWEERS. 

ITALY 

Gagnola,  Milan,  Italy,  June  12,  1909. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

Permit  me  to  say  that  your  machines  alone  are  perfect,  well 
built  and  work  with  great  accuracy,  thanks  to  your  automatic 
regulator.  They  are  economical  and  solve  the  problem  of  profit- 
able poultry  raising.      The     above  is  my  experience. 

Referring  to  itiy  work  in  connection  with  your  machines 
amongst  high  poultry  authorities,  it  has  given  me  much  pleasure 
to  hear  the  satisfaction  and  approval  which  your  excellent 
machines  have  given.  I  myself  repeat  to  you  the  same  satisfaction 
and  approval. GIULIO  BERTONI. 

FRANCE 

St.  Aubin-Sur-Scie,  France,  June  13,  1908. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

Here  at  Ferme  Douglas,  your  machines  are  giving  entire 
satisfaction.  We  are  agreeably  surprised  with  results  of  hatches, 
from  eggs  laid  by  our  Rouen  ducks. 

1  find  that  it  makes  no  difference  whether  it  is  in  U.  S.  A., 
England  or  France,  the  "Cyphers"  is  always  equal  to  the  occa- 

It  is  now  some  eight  years  that  I  have  been  running  the 
Cyphers  Incubators,  and  in  my  experience  I  have  not  been  able 
to  find  any  other  machine  that  will  give  as  good  results, 

particularly  with  so  little  attention.     We  are  operating  72  of  your 
large  size  machines.      FERME  DOUGLAS,  Geo.  Luck,  Regisseur. 


NORWAY 

Tungenes  Lighthouse,  via  Stavanger,  August  18,  191C. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

N  Have  been  very  glad  of  my  purchase  of  the  140-egg  Cyphers 
Incubator  and  the  two  Style  A  Brooders  which  I  bought  last 
spring,  as  the  result  of  the  four  hatches  have  been  very  surprising. 
To  get  341  chicks  from  371  eggs  seems  to  say  that  Cyphers  is 
the  non  plus  ultra  of  Incubators.  First  hatch  came  March  16th, 
with  56  chicks  from  67  eggs;  second  hatch,  79  chicks  from  92  eggs; 
third  hatch,  102  chicks  from  105  eggs,  and  fourth  hatch.  104  chicks 
from  107  eggs.  I  lost  two  by  accident  and  killed  three  weak  ones, 
but  the  rest  are  very  strong  and  healthy  chicks.  Chicks  of 
the  first  hatch  commenced  to  lay  at  four  months  old. 

E.  MASSEN,  Lighthouse  keeper. 


Cyphe 


HUNGARY 

Incubator  Company: —  Temesviar,  May  1,  1907. 


We,  the  undersigned,  have  much  pleasure  in  testifying  that 
the  three  Cyphers  Incubators  which  the  association  possesses 
have  given  the  greatest  satisfaction,  namely,  the  splendid  result 
of  from  82  to  96  per  cent,  hatches.  The  Cyphers  machines  have 
enormous  advantages  over  other  incubators,  in  that  they  are 
reliable,  easy  to  handle,  and  for  these  reasons  we  can  warmly 
recommend  them  to  everybody. 

CARL  ZASHURECZKY, 
Manager  of  the  Farmers'  Association  of  Temesviar. 
JOHN  JUNGBERT.  Secretary. 


DENMARK 

Vegen  Station,  June  12,  1908. 
Cyphers  Inciibalor  Company: — 

I  am  very  pleased  with  the  Cyphers  Incubator.  After  sev- 
eral years  of  misfortune  with  incubators  1  looked  around  for 
a  new  and  better  one.  Have  found  it  in  your  machine.  It  hatches 
80  per  cent,  of  the  fertile  eggs.  Have  never  used  any  moisture  in 
it.  It  ventilates  perfectly  and  the  regulator  keeps  the  heat 
exactly  on  the  point  it  is  set  for.  The  Cyphers  is  the  only 
machine  I  can  recommend  to  my  friends,  and  I  find  pleasure  in 
doing  this  often.  DITLEV  M.  FREIBERG. 


SOUTH   AFRICA 

Seymour,  Cape  Colony,  So.  Africa,  September  12,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

Am  pleased  to  say  that  I  have  used  your  Hot-Air  Cyphers 
Incubators  for  several  years  now  in  hashing  ostrich  eggs,  and 
my  success  with  the  Cyphers  is  the  one  thing  that  warrants 
my  trusting  valuable  ostrich  eggs  in  them.  They  are  reliable 
and  do  uniformly  good  work.  A.  G.  RANDALL. 


JAPAN 

Yokohama,  October  5,  1907. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

In  January  I  had  the  opportunity  to  buy  a  brand  new  120-egg 
capacity  Cyphers  Incubator.    It  works  very  well  indeed. 

R.  SCHUFFNER. 

HAWAII 

Haleiwa,  Oahu,  July  4,  1907. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

We  recently  purchased  one  of  your  120-egg  Incubators  and 
find  it  all  that  you  claim.  It  may  interest  you  to  know  that 
before  purchasing  we  looked  over  a  poultry  journal,  picked  out 
IS  of  the  principal  advertisers,  covering  territory  from  Maine 
to  Washington  State,  and  wrote  to  them  asking  their  candid 
opinion  as  to  which  was  the  best  incubator.     Every  one  of  them 

said  "Cyphers."     Some  of  them  said  "Cyphers  or ,"  etc., 

but  all   said    "Cyphers."      You   could   not   receive   a   greater 
compliment.     Trusting  that  our  order  is  on  the  road,  we  remain, 
F.  J.  CHURCH,  Mgr.  Haleiwa  Hotel. 


URUGUAY 

Colonia,  Uruguay,  So.  America,  January  24,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

I  find  the  Cyphers  Incubator  and  Brooder  very  satisfactory 
indeed,  and  would  hke  to  use  nothing  but  Cyphers  products  if 
possible  to  get  them  here.  MRS.  EUGENIA  M.  GALVIN. 

ARGENTINE  REPUBLIC 

San  Vincente,  F.  C,  Sud.,  November  6,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

For  some  time  I  have  been  intending  to  write  to  you  to  express 
my  appreciation  of  your  Standard  Cyphers  Incubators  and 
Brooders.  I  have  completely  discarded  clucking  hens,  and  by  so 
doing  have  reduced  the  labor  by  one-half;  also  I  have  been  enabled 
to  sell  day-old  chicks,  which  I  should  not  have  been  able  otherwise 
to  do. 

The  chicks  hatched  in  the  Cyphers  Incubators  come  out 
strong,  grow  up  splendidly,  and  give  no  trouble,  and  I  have 
to  bring  up  about  1,000  yearly. 

This  country  is  newly  awakening  to  the  necessity  of  scientific 
fowl  rearing.  Hitherto  the  scrub  hen  has  been  thought  sufficient; 
tree  roosting  methods  have  prevailed;  fowls  have  been  fed  with  a 
few  grains  of  whole  maize,  and  eggs  are  gathered  when  the  middle- 
man is  expected.  About  20  eggs  a  year,  as  the  maximum,  is  the 
production  per  hen.  The  result  is  that  in  winter  our  importation 
of  eggs  from  Italy  and  England  is  enormous.  The  Provincial 
Government  is  taking  the  matter  up  now  and  probably  there  will 
be  some  improvement.  Faithfully  youra, 

ROBERT  J.  PURVES. 

POLAND 

Riga,  June  12,  1906. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

At  the  Twelfth  Poultry  Exhibition  of  the  Riga  Club  of  Poultry 
Raisers,  February  2-6,  1905,  your  machines  were  exhibited  by 
your  agent  at  Warsaw.  As  your  apparatus  was  absolutely  un- 
known to  us,  it  was  decided  to  make  a  trial  hatch  with  your 
machine,  and  I  was  asked  to  run  through  this  trial  hatch  as 
Secretary  of  the  Association  and  one  that  had  experience  in  arti- 
ficial incubation.  I  operated  the  machine  according  to  your 
instructions  and  obtained  brilliant  results.  It  was  found  that 
your  apparatus  was  very  easy  to  operate  and  very  practical.  We 
have  made  experiments  with  other  makes  of  incubators  and  find 
the  Cyphers  system  in  its  construction  and  results  superior. 

In  view  of  the  advantages  and  practical  construction  of  the 
"Cyphers."  the  management  of  the  Riga  Poultry  Club  has  decided 
to  award  the  Cyphers  Incubator  Company  for  their  incubators  the 
large  golden  club  medaL        GEORGE  LACKS,  Secretary. 


iws  ill  iiilil  I  i     T  f'' 


AUSTRALIA 

Carisbrook  Poultry  Farm  and  Duck  Ranch, 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: —  Kalgoorlie,  West  Australia. 

We  used  three  of  your  No.  1,  120-egg  capacity,  Standard 
Cyphers  Incubators  with  marked  success.  As  a  result  of  their 
good  work  we  then  bought  ten  of  your  360-egg  size,  and  you 
will  remember  that  a  few  months  ago  we  placed  another  order 
with  you  for  ten  more  of  the  largest  size,  making  23  of  your 
Incubators  we  are  now  operating  in  our  cellar.  Needless  to  say, 
considering  our  repeated  orders,  we  have  found  your  machines 
all  you  represent  them  to  be.  They  have  done  very  satisfac- 
tory work  in  our  hands.  Today  we  are  operating  the  largest 
poultry  and  duck  range  in  Western  Australia. 

CARISBROOK  POULTRY  FARM, 

Per  A.  A.  Fuller. 

HOLLAND 

Utrecht,  June  11,  1907. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

The  four  Cyphers  Incubators  I  bought  of  yju  five  years 
ago  have  given  excellent  results,  and  the  three  Style  A  Brooders 
you  sent  me  have  proved  a  perfect  success.  The  regulator  on 
the  Cyphers  is  the  best  in  existence;  that  is  the  reason  beginners 
can  operate  the  Cyphers  without  trouble.  I  never  saw  another 
incubator  that  was,  in  fact,  a  non-moisture  machine.  It  is  a 
pleasure  to  me  to  recommend  the  Cyphers-r-^  machine  that 
has  done  so  much  for.Lhe  poultry  business.  The  Cyphers  will  be 
the  incubator  used  by  all  progressive  poultrymen  in  Holland. 

J.  W.  PLANTEN. 

NEW  ZEALAND 

LINFIELD  POULTRY  FARM 
Pah  Road,  Epsom,  Auckland,  New  Zealand,  October  25,  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

I  am  using  three  of  your  1905-Pattem  Standard  Cyphers 
Incubators,  also  three  other  makes,  but  I  must  say  the  Cyphers 
is  undoubtedly  the  best  machine  I  have  operated.  They 
do  not  vary  a  fraction  of  a  degree  in  keeping  uniform  temperature. 
My  hatches  this  season  have  been  as  follows:  Four,  85  per  cent.; 
four,  90  per  cent.;  one,  95  per  cent.;  and  one  98  per  cent.,  which 
ALBERT  W.  IRVINE. 


marvelous. 


MEXICO 

Hacienda  Robinson,  Chihuahua,  Hex.,  August  19,  1908. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

For  about  a  year  I  have  been  using  one  of  your  Cyphers 
Standard  Incubators  of  240-egg  capacity,  also  two  of  the  Cyphers 
Three-Apartment  Outdoor  Brooders  and  Colony  Coops  which  I 
purchased  from  you,  and  I  am  well  pleased  with  the  results 
obtained.  I  think  the  self-regulating  devices  the  best  and  most 
accurate  on  the  market,  and  I  cheerfully  recommend  the  Cyphers 
machines  to  any  one  wanting  good  reliable  artificial  hatchers 
and  brooders.   , E.  S,  PLUMB. 

CUBA 

AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION 

Santiago,  de  las  Vegas  Cuba,  November  26,  1909. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

I  am  pleased  to  let  you  know  that  we  are  using  now  two  of 
your  Incubators  that  were  purchased  by  the  former  chief  of 
this  department,  from  which  Incubators  we  have  obtained  very 
satisfactory  results. 

Perhaps  in  a  near  future  we  will  be  able  to  purchase  some  new 
incubators,  and  then  I  will  be  pleased  to  correspond  with  your 
house.-  DR.  EMILIO  L.  LUACES, 

Chief  Department  Animal  Industry. 


Highly  Endorsed  In  British  Isles 


"THERE  WAS  NOT  THE  LEAST  TROUBLE" 

Dublin,  Ire..  June  26.  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

The  largest  hatch  I  got  from  the  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator 
purchased  from  you  last  April  was  over  90  per  cent.  The  8elf- 
ventilating  and  regulator  arrangements  on  the  Cyphers 
are  a  great  comfort  to  the  operator. 

From  the  day  the  eggs  were  put  in  until  the  chickens  came 
out  there  was  not  the  least  trouble  except,  necessarily,  the  oiling 
and  cleaning  of  the  lamp  once  a  day  and  airing  the  eggs. 

N.  CUSACK. 


HIS  GRACE  THE  DUKE  OF  PORTLAND'S  POULTRY 
YARDS 

Welbeck  Abbey,  Worksop.  Eng..  October  4,  1909. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — • 

After  twenty  years'  experience  with  various  machines,  both 
hot  water  and  hot  air,  /  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  your 
machines  are  by  far  the  best  placed  before  the  public.  In 
my  opinion  the  self-supplied  moisture  and  the  automatic  ventila- 
tion combined  with  the  accurate  regulation  is  all  that  could  be 
desired.  The  incubators  I  have  of  yours  were  bought  second- 
hand, which  have  worked  splendidly,  never  varying  scarcely  a 
degree  right  through  the  season.  The  average  right  through 
the  season  works  out  about  80  per  cent. 

W.  BUSH. 
Head  Poultryman  to  His  Grace.  The  Duke  of  Portland. 


EARL  OF  ROSEBERY'S  POULTRY  YARDS 

East  Craigie.  Cramond  Bridge,  near  Edinburgh.  N.  B.. 

Scot..  June  IS.  1908. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

I  have  much  pleasure  in  informing  you  that  I  am  delighted 
with  the  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator.  140-egg  size.  I  got  from 
you  in  the  beginning  of  the  season.  The  results  have  been  most 
satisfactory,  and  far  above  my  other  machines.  My  best 
hatch  was  112  chicks  out  of  120  fertile  eggs,  and  about  88  per  cent, 
of  the  season's  hatch.  The  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator  is  a  non- 
moisture  machine,  self-regulating,  and  the  regulator  is  simply 
perfect,  as  it  never  varies  a  degree  either  in  hot  or  cold  weather. 
Any  novice  could  manipulate  the  Standard  Cyphers.  /  can 
thoroughly  recommend  any  one  who  is  going  in  for  a  new 
incubator  to  get  a  Standard  Cyphers  and  I  am  sure  they 
will  never  regret  it. 

JOHN  P.  HARLE.  Poultry  Mgr. 


WELL-KNOWN  ENGLISH  JUDGE  AND 
POULTRY  EXPERT 

WILLIAM  H.  COOK 
Poultry  Judge.  Breeder.  Exhibitor  and  Expert 

St.  Paul's  Cray,  Kent,  Eng.,  July  20.  1908. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

With  reference  to  the  three  large  Standard  Cyphers  Incuba- 
tors purchased  from  you  and  which  I  have  had  working  on  my 
farm  for  nearly  two  seasons — I  have  pleasure  in  stating  that 
they  have  in  every  way  given  me  entire  satisfaction,  always  being 
reliable  and  hatching  out  strong  chickens,  no  matter  how  severe 
the  weather  might  be.  I  consider  the  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator 
the  best  hot-air  incubator  obtainable. 

WILLIAM  H.  COOK. 


Photograph  sent  to  us  by  Gertrude  Linche  Walther,  Cleve- 
land, Herts,  Eng.,  who  under  date  of  June  17,  1910,  says:  "I  enclose 
picture  of  hatch.  We  have  been  most  successful  both  in  hatching 
with  Cyphers  Incubator  and  in  raising  the  chicks.  Are  delighted 
with  machine;  it  is  so  little  trouble,  and  is  simple  to  work." 


i^§ 


:-Made    Brooder    Equipped  with    a 
Cyphers  Adaptable  Hover. 

SUCCESSFUL  HATCHES  OF  DUCK  EGGS 

Fordingbridge,  Hants,  Eng.,  June  26,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

We  can  freely  recommend  the  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator 
to  our  friends,  as  we  are  quite  satisfied  with  it.  My  largest 
tiatch  of  ducks  has  been  120  from  ISO  eggs,  and  we  have 
averaged  65  per  cent,  for  the  season.  The  ventilation  in  the 
Cyphers  Incubator  is  excellent.  We  have  run  our  hatches  with 
the  drop-board  right  down.  I  enclose  a  photograph  of  the  120 
hatch  of  ducks  round  one  of  your  Style  B  Outdoor  Brooders. 
W.  H.  CROWDV. 


"USING  25  MACHINES  OF  VARIOUS  SIZES  IN  OUR 
DAY-OLD  CHICK  TRADE" 

Bedfont.  Feltham.  Middlesex.  Eng..  August  20.  1910. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company:— 

Since  writing  you  in  August,  1906,  we  have  had  further 
grand  results  with  incubators  of  your  manufacture,  and 
take  this  opportunity  to  let  you  know  we  are  still  highly  satisfied. 
We  have  found  the  Cyphers  Incubators  to  hatch  well,  and  to 
time  in  all  seasons.  We  can  thoroughly  recommend  them  to  any 
one  wanting  a  good  business  machine,  we  ourselves  using  25  of 
various  sizes  in  our  day-old  chick  trade. 


hatching  that  pipped,  and  this  without  any  applied  moisture,  clearly 
demonstrating  the  Cyphers  to  be  a  non-moisture  machine  and 
thus  doing  away  with  all  complications  and  trouble  that  the 
operator  gets  with  a  moisture  machine. 

BENNETT  BROS. 

EUROPE'S  FOREMOST  POULTRY  AUTHORITY 

UNIVERSITY  COLLEGE,  READING,  ENGLAND 
College  Poultry  Farm,  Theale, 

Theale,  Berks,  Eng.,  March  26,  1906. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

During  the  past  season  we  have  given  very  careful  tests  to 
the  1906-pattem  Standard  Cyphers  Incubator,  and  have  found 
the  improvements  made  in  this  machine,  as  compared  with 
the  previous  pattern,  very  excellent  indeed.  Some  of  these 
add  greatly  to  the  faciUty  in  working  the  machine,  and  also 
minimize  labor.  The  drawers  into  which  the  chicks  drop  after 
hatching  are  a  very  great  convenience,  and  we  believe  that  the 
greater  depth  in  the  machine  thus  secured  is  advantageous  in  other 
ways.  The  regulation  of  the  machine  has  been  excellent  in 
every  way.  During  the  test  of  the  360-egg  machine  we  found 
that  it  only  varied  about  one  degree.  After  several  hatches 
we  have  therefore  pleasure  in  saying  that  this  machine  has 
worked  excellently.  EDWARD  BROWN. 

Lecturer  on  Aviculture. 

HARPER-ADAMS  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE 

Newport,  Salop,  Eng.,  July  16,  1911. 
Cyphers  Incubator  Company: — 

During  the  past  season  I  have  given  the  Latest-Pattern 
Standard  Cyphers  Incubator  very  careful  tests,  and  have  found 
it  very  simple  and  economical  to  work.  The  regulator  has 
worked  splendidly,  not  varying  more  than  one  degree  during  the 
six  times  it  has  been  used.  All  the  chicks  hatched  came  out 
healthy  and  strong,  and  have  grown  well  since.  I  can 
freely  recommend  the  Cyphers  as  a  self-ventilating,  non-moisture 
machine.  F.  W.  RHODES, 

Lecturer  on  Poultry  Keeping. 


V.   CLEMENT  CO, 
Bl/r FAIO 


COMPLETE    INDEX 


.151 


Bands,  Leg 164-165 

Beef  Scrap 125 

Blue-Priot  Plans  for  Poultry  Buildings 1 J6 

Bone  Cutters 168 

Book  of  Directions 78 

Boolcs.  Cyphers  Series    176-179 

Book,  "Cyphers  System  of  Hot  Water  Brooding" .  106 

Boston  Branch,  Views  of 24 

Boston  Dry  Food  Hopper 159 

Boxes,  Grit  and  Shell 160 

Boxes,  Paper  Egt; 163 

Branch  Views 22-33 

New  York  Branch 22 

Boston  Branch 24 

Chicago  Branch 26 

Kansas  City  Branch 28 

Oakland  (Pacific  Coast)  Branch 30 

London  (European)  Branch 32 

Brooders,  Electric 91 

Brooder  Stove,  Cyphers  Safety 155 

Brooder  Stove,  Insulated 155 

Brooders,  Fircless 107 

Brooders,  The  Paradise 84-90 

Brooders,  Price  List  of 79 

Brooders,  Style  A,  Outdoor 61-62 

Brooders,  Style  B,  Outdoor 63-64 

Brooders,  Style  C,  Outdoor 65-66 

Brooders,  Stvh  D,  Indoor 67 

Brooders,  Weights 79 

Brooding,  Ellis  Plan  of 74-75 

Brooding  House  Heaters 105 

Brooding  Systems,  Hot  Water 103-106 

Building  Paper 171 


Chapter  I— "How  to  Get  Twice  as  Many 
Eggs  from  the  same  Nnmber  of  Hens" 

Chapter  II— "The  200-EggPer  Year  Hen- 
How  to  Produce  Her" 

Chapter  III — "Large-size  I  Eggs  in  Demand 
as  well  as  Lots  of  Them" 

Chapter  IV— "Mating  and  Feeding  Fowls  to 
get  Fertile  Eggs" 

Chapter  V — "Selection  and  Care  of  Eggs  for 
Successful  Hatcliing" 

Chapter  VI — "Care  of  Fowls  and  Chicks  with 
the  Least  Amount  of  Work" 

Chapter  VII —"How  to  Brood  Chicks 
Properly  at  Least  Cost" 

Chapter  VIII— "Premium-Price  Table  Poul- 
try— How  to  Produce  It" 

Caponizing  Instruments 

Charcoal,  Nodi 

Chicago  Branch,  Views  of 

Chick  Food,  Cyphers 

Chick  Servers,  Sanitary 

Chick  Shelters,  Cyphers 

Clover  Cutters 


142-143 
174-175 
180-181 
193-194 
210-217 


Coop,  Cyphers  I 


Delphos  Non-Overflow  Oil  Can 

Developing  Food,  Cyphers 

Directions  for  Operating  Incubators. . 


E^e  Bo\es  Paper 

...163 

Egg  Cabinets,  Revoiving.'.' '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 

...162 

Egg  Cases  for  Market  Eggs 

...162 

Egg  Food,  Full-NcFt 

...151 

Egg  Package,  Eureka 

...162 

Egg  Preservative,  Save-Al 

...  150 

Egg  Tester,  Cyphers  Practical 

.   .153 

Egg  Tester,  Cyphers  X-Ray 

...153 

Egg  Trays,  Pedigree 

...158 

Eggs,  Porcelian  Nest 

...167 

Eggs,  Ovinapthol  Nest 

...  146 

Eggs,  Price  List  of 

...  141 

Electric  Incubating  and  Brooding  Devices 

.91-96 

Electric  Brooder 

.93-94 

Electric  Regulator 

.  .  ,  105 

Electrobators 

Electrobatof  Pedigree  Egg  Tray 

.'..158 

Electrohen 

...86 

Electrohover 

....93 

Electroplanes 

...03 

Ellis  Plan  of  Brooding 

.74-75 

Employment  Bureau 

...79 

Extras,  Incubator  and  Brooder 

...154 

Factory  Facilities 

..17-21 

Factory,  Views  of 2,  36,  38 

40.  144 

Farm,  Cyphers  Company  Poultry 

130-141 

Fattening  Mash,  Cyphers 

...121 

Fencing,  Wire 

.171 

Fertile  Egg  Mash,  Cyphe] 

Fireless  Brooders 

Flame  Reducer 

Fly  Pest.  Anti-. 


and  Water  Holders,  Cyphers  Comb 

Food  Mill,  Cyphers,  View  of 

Fountains,  Cyphers  Keep-Clean  Wall,  . 
Fountains,  Cyphers  Separable  Drinking. 

Freight  Rates 

Full-Nest  Egg  Food 

Fumigating  Candles 

Gape  Worm  Extractor 

Gas  Burners.  Combination  Blue-Flame. . 

Grinding  Mill,  Tennessee 

Grist  Mill,  Balance  Wheel 

Grit,  Cvphers  Complete 

Grit  and  Shell  Box 

Guaranty  for  1912 

Hatching  Chickens  by  Electricity 

Heaters,  Brooding  House 

Hoppers,  Boston  Dry  Food 

Hoppers,  Cyphers  Dry  Food 

House,  Cyphers  Colony 

House,  Cyphers  Shed  Roof 

Hovers,  Cyphers  Standard  Adaptable. .  . 
Hover,  Hyigenic  Cradle-Back 

Incubators,  Cyphers  Electric 

Incubators,  Cyphers  Mammoth 

Incubators,  Standard  Cyphers 

Incubators,  Standard  Cyphers,  Prices  of. 


Labels,  Underwriters 

Lamp  Enclosure,  Cyphers  Safety 

Laying  Mash,  Cyphers 

Leg  Bands 

Library,  Cyphers  Poultry 

Lice  Paint,  Cyphers 

Lice  Powder,  Cyphers 

London  Branch,  Views  of 

Mammoth  Incubators 

Markers,  Poultry 

Medical  and  Surgical  Case,  Cyphers  Poult; 

I  Medical  Case,  Cyphers 

■  Mill,  Cyphers  Poultry  Food,  Views  oF.  . . . 
;  Moisture  Device,   Cyphers 

Napcreol,  Disinfectant,  Cyphers 

NestEsgs 

Nests,  Wire 

New  York  Branch,  Views  of 

Nodi  Charcoal 

Oakland  Branch,  Views  of 

!  Oil  Can,  Delphos  Non-Overflow 

Ovinapthol  Nest  Eggs 

Oyster  Shell,  Crushed 

Paper,  Building 

'  Pedigree  Egg  Trays 

Perch  Support,  Lice  Proof 

i  Personal  Message  from  President 

Pigeon  Food,  Cyphers 

Pigeon  Supplies 

Plans  for  Poultry  Buildings    

Poultry  Farm,  Cyphers 

Poultry  Markers 

Poultry  Papers,  Price  List  of 

Poultry  Instruction  in  Country  Schools. . 

Poultry  Instructors,  Portraits  of 

Poultry,  Price  List  of 

Powder  Gun,  Cyphers 

I  Registration  Department  for  Poultrymen. 

i  Remedial  Ointment,  Cyphers 

I  Remedy  No.  4  for  Diarrhoea 

I  Remodeling  Outfit,  Cyphers  Safety 

:  Roofing 

I  Root  Cutters 

j  Roup  Cure,  Cyphers 

Salt  Cat  for  Pigeons 

Save-Al  Egg  Preservative 

Scratchins;  Food.  Cyphers 

,  Servers,  Sanitary  Chick 

Shed   Roof  House,  Cyphers 

Shell  Mill,  Dry  Bone  and 

I  Shipping  Boxes  for  Day-Old  Chicks 


!  Shipping  Coop.  Cyphers 

I  Spray  Pumps 

■  Sulphur  Fumigating  Candles,  Cyphers.. 

j  Supplies,  Standard  Poultrv 

j  Surgical  Case,  Cyphers  Poultry 

Thermometer  Device,  C-E-Z 

I  Thermometers.  Incubator  or  Brooder. 
Thermostat.  Prices  of 

Vernum,  Frank — Prize  Contest 

Water-Proof  Slieeting 

TESTIMONIALS 


Government  Poultry  Work,  Reports  of 181 

Alberta  Deuartment  of  Agriculture 

California  Polytechnic  School 

Canada  Central  Experimental  Farm 

Colorado  State  Agricultural  College 

Connecticut  Agricultural  College 

Cornell  University 

Hatch  Experimental  Station 

Iowa  State  College t 

Kansas  State  Agricultural  College 

Mac  Donald  College 

Maine  University 

Maryland  Agricultural  College 

Michigan  Agricultural  College 

Minnesota  University 

Missouri  Poultry  Experiment  Station 

Mississippi  Agricultural  Experunent  Station.. 

Montana  Agricultural  College 

North  Carolina  Experiment  Station 

Ontario  Agricultural  College 

Rhode  Island  College  of  Agriculture 

South  Carolina  Experiment  Station 

South  Dakota  Agricultural  College 

Tennessee  University 

Utah  Experiment  Static 


Large  Practical  Poultry  Plants 

Austin,  C.  M.  &  Co.,  Mansfield,  Mass 

Babcock  Poultry  Farm,  Fredonia,  N.  Y.  . , 

Bear  Creek  Farm,  Denver,  Colo 

Bentley  Ostrich  Farm,  San  Diego.  Cal. . . 
California  Chicken  Co.,  Ma>-field,  Cal, , . 

Conejo  Farms,  Huntington,  N  Y 

Conyers  Manor,  Greenwich,  Conn , 

Cunningham,  E.  W.,  Exeter,  N.  H 

Curtiss  Farm,  West  Norwall,  Mass 

Curtiss,  W.  R.  &  Co.,  Ransomville,  N.  Y.l 

Easling,  N.  P.,    Pekin,  111 

Ellis,  R.  P.,  Brooklyn,  N.Y 

Elm  Poultrv  Farm,  Mansfield,  Mass 

Fish,  P.  C.  Kansas  Citv,  Mo 

Fishel,  U.  R.,  Hope,  Ind 

Flewwellmg,  C,  Petaluma.  Cal 

Hallock.  A.  J.,  Speonk,  N.  Y 

Hartman  Stock  Farm.  Columbus,  Ohio. . . 

Inwood  Farms,  Deal  Beach,  N.  J 

Kaufman's  Farm,  Burlinetun,  Mass 

Keith,  F.  S.,  Eastnn,  Mass 

Kellerstrass.  Ernest,  Kansas  Citv,  Mo 

La  Grange  Farm,  La  Grange,  111 

Lange,  Ernest,  Moriches,  N.Y 

Loveland,  R.  H.,  Lamar,  Pa 

Maplewood  Farm,  Milburn.  N.J 

McCune,  Fred  H.,  Ottawa.  Kas 

Mertsheimer,  L.  L.,  Pleasant  Hill,  Mo 

Midlothian  Farms.  Tinley  Park.  Ill 

Midwav  Poultry  Yards,  Santa  Cruz,  Cal.. 

Mills  &  Gold.  L.  Preakness.  N.  J 

Monmouth  Farms.  Frcneau,  N.  .T 

Owen  Farms,  Vineyard  Haven,  Mass 

Oxford  Poultry  Farm.  Oxford,  Pa 

Pearce  &  Mack  Farm,  Sparks,  Nrv 

Park  Rid-e  Farm,  Park  Ridge,  HI 

Pcconic  Farm,  Rivorhcad,  L.  I.,  N.  Y 

Rankin,  James,  So.  Easton.  Mass 

Rowe  Poultry  Farm.  Groton,  Mass 

Smith.  Henry  D.,  Rorkland,  Mass 

Spaulding  Poultry  Farm,  Lvons.  Ill 

Spraul.  Fred  P.,  Garnett,  Kas 

Strafford  Farm,  Strafford,  Pa 

Thomas,  W.  R..  Petaluma.  Cal 

Thompson.  C-  F..  Lynnfield  Center,  Mass. 

Throop,  Theo.,  Enterprise,  Fia 

Trump,  C.  E.,  Polo,  111 

Twining,  S.  B.  and  E.  W.,  Yardley,  Pa, , . 
Waukesha  Egg  Farm.  Waukesha.  Wis. . . . 

Weber  Bros..  Wrentham,  Mass 

Wilson  Poultry  Farm,  Hollis.  N.  H.  .      . 
Yardley  Duck  Farm.  Yardley,  Pa. 

Women  Successful  with  Poultry 


